Reduction of noncrop habitats, intensive use of pesticides and high levels of disturbance
associated with intensive crop production simplify the farming landscape and bring about a …

Feeding on Non-Prey Resources by Natural Enemies Moshe Coll Reports on the
consumption of non-prey food sources, particularly plant materials, by predators and …

Summary 1 The use of floral resource subsidies to improve herbivore suppression by
parasitoids requires certain trophic interactions and physiological changes to occur. While …

Solanaceous greenhouse crops are susceptible to infestation by a high number of insect
and mite pests that can cause serious yield losses. The most important of these pests are …

The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) is an enormously polyphagous insect pest
showing the intercrop movement, high reproduction, resistances to insecticides, under-leaf …

Feeding on sugar‐rich foods such as nectar and honeydew is important for survival of many
adult parasitoids. Especially in agricultural systems, honeydew is often the most prevalent …

Several parasitoids require both host and non-host resources, such as nectar, for
maintenance, survival and egg maturation. However, the impact of sugar feeding has …

Kairomones are semiochemicals that are emitted by an organism and which mediate
interspecific interaction that is of benefit to an organism of another species that receives …

Our ability to improve biological control of insect pests depends on our understanding of
factors that limit the reproductive success of their natural enemies in the field. Pest control by …

BACKGROUND The autoparasitoid Encarsia sophia and the primary parasitoid Eretmocerus
hayati are two important parasitoids used against the whitefly Bemisia tabaci, with different …