Locating suitable feeding or oviposition sites is essential for insect survival. Understanding
how insects achieve this is crucial, not only for understanding the ecology and evolution of …

Vegetation complexity is characterized by two major traits, ie, plant chemical and plant
structural complexity. Plant species diversity strongly determines these traits. Furthermore …

Insects live in a highly complex odorant world. Within a variety of odor blends, they need to
locate potential food sources, mates, and oviposition sites to gain reproductive success. In …

Abstract The Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman, was accidentally introduced to
the United States from Asia in the early 1900s. First detected in a New Jersey nursery, it is …

Biomass production and metal accumulation in plant tissue (bioconcentration) are two
critical factors limiting the phytoextraction rate. Metal translocation to aboveground organs …

There is growing public concern about pesticides' non-target effects on humans and other
organisms, and many pests have evolved resistance to some of the most commonly-used …

In the last decade there is an increased interest in the design and use of diversified pest-
suppressive agro-ecosystems. A diversification approach aims to manipulate the spatial …

Here we demonstrate the independent acquisition of strikingly similar brain architectures
across divergent insect taxa and even across phyla under similar adaptive pressures …

Extracts from three species of the plant family Piperaceae, Piper nigrum [L.], Piper
guineense [Schum & Thonn], and Piper tuberculatum [Jacq.], were tested for efficacy against …

Organic agriculture is increasing in popularity worldwide due to the rapidly growing market
for organic products. In organic production, insects present a major pest challenge that …