Determining insect parasitism rates is problematic due to the small size and lack of useful
distinguishing morphological characters of many parasitoid taxa. To solve this problem …

Food webs in agricultural systems are complex and trophic linkages are difficult to track
using conventional methodologies. Here, we review three alternative approaches that allow …

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) revolutionized the field of diagnostics, and today it
has routine applications in medical, veterinary, forensic and botanical sciences. The fields of …

Agricultural intensification resulting in the simplification of agricultural landscapes is known
to negatively impact the delivery of key ecosystem services such as the biological control of …

Parasitoid detection and identification is a necessary step in the development and
implementation of fruit fly biological control strategies employing parasitoid augmentive …

Previously, host–parasitoid links have been unveiled almost exclusively by time‐intensive
rearing, while molecular methods were used only in simple agricultural host–parasitoid …

Biological invasions exert multiple pervasive effects on ecosystems, potentially disrupting
species interactions and global ecological processes. Our ability to successfully predict and …

Abstract Evaluation of host–parasitoid associations can be tenuous using conventional
methods. Molecular techniques are well placed to identify trophic links and resolve host …

Insect parasitoids play a major role in terrestrial food webs as they are highly diverse, exploit
a wide range of niches and are capable of affecting host population dynamics. Formidable …

A molecular key for the identification of common Trichogramma (Hymenoptera:
Trichogrammatidae) species found in agricultural settings around the Mediterranean is …