Honeydew management to promote biological control
MF de Bobadilla, NM Ramírez, M Calvo-Agudo… - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Honeydew management can contribute to promote biological control of
pests.•Honeydew in cover crops and hedges can increase performance of natural …
pests.•Honeydew in cover crops and hedges can increase performance of natural …
Heat stress and host-parasitoid interactions: lessons and opportunities in a changing climate
KH Malinski, ME Moore, JG Kingsolver - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …
mismatch between hosts and parasitoids is common•Heat tolerance of parasitoids can be …
Parasitoids for biological control in dryland agroecosystems
N Saabna, T Keasar - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Drylands are expanding globally due to climate change and human
activity•Dryland parasitoids face heat, drought, scarcity of plants, and low host …
activity•Dryland parasitoids face heat, drought, scarcity of plants, and low host …
Host-parasitoid trophic webs in complex agricultural systems
KS Shameer, ICW Hardy - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Steps towards summarizing plant-insect communities are outlined•Pest
management strategies can make use of descriptive community metrics•Manipulative and …
management strategies can make use of descriptive community metrics•Manipulative and …
[HTML][HTML] Changes in longevity, parasitization rate and development time of the whitefly parasitoid Encarsia formosa under future climate conditions
Biological control by augmentative release of parasitoids is an established practice for
controlling an economically very important insect pest group, whiteflies (Aleyrodidae), in …
controlling an economically very important insect pest group, whiteflies (Aleyrodidae), in …
Transgenerational effects impact the vulnerability of a host-parasitoid system to rising temperatures.
NL Bright, J Chen, C Terry - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Transgenerational effects, where ancestral experience of environmental conditions
influences the performance in subsequent generations, are hypothesised to have …
influences the performance in subsequent generations, are hypothesised to have …