Highlights•Honeydew management can contribute to promote biological control of
pests.•Honeydew in cover crops and hedges can increase performance of natural …

Highlights•The timing of heat stress within host-parasitoid life cycles is critical•Thermal
mismatch between hosts and parasitoids is common•Heat tolerance of parasitoids can be …

Highlights•Drylands are expanding globally due to climate change and human
activity•Dryland parasitoids face heat, drought, scarcity of plants, and low host …

Highlights•Steps towards summarizing plant-insect communities are outlined•Pest
management strategies can make use of descriptive community metrics•Manipulative and …

Biological control by augmentative release of parasitoids is an established practice for
controlling an economically very important insect pest group, whiteflies (Aleyrodidae), in …

Transgenerational effects, where ancestral experience of environmental conditions
influences the performance in subsequent generations, are hypothesised to have …