All organisms on Earth have evolved biological rhythms to face alternation of periods of
favorable and unfavorable environmental conditions, at various temporal scales. Diapause …

Storage at low temperature is a valuable method for increasing the shelf-life of natural
enemies such as insect parasitoids. Cold storage is usually performed under sub-optimal …

The recently discovered species Trichogramma nerudai Pintureau and Gerding
(Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) could be useful in biological control programs of forest …

Delaying emergence of Trichogramma spp. is critical for commercial production. Here,
diapause induction was considered for three species (Trichogramma nr. brassicae …

BACKGROUND Trichogramma dendrolimi Matsumura is widely used as a biological control
agent for control of lepidopteran agricultural pests in China and can be successfully reared …

Mass rearing for commercial production of high quality beneficial insects is considered as an
important tool for biological control programmes worldwide, especially those based on …

Neuropeptides represent a diverse class of signaling molecules originating from neural
tissues. These chemical modulators orchestrate complex physiological events including …

This study was designed to find out the optimum cold storage temperature (4, 7, and 10° C)
and storage period (1–16 weeks) of 3 different immature developmental stages (2, 4, 6 days …

Studies of host suitability and preferences of Trichogramma cordubensis Vargas and
Cabello (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) were performed with eggs of six Lepidoptera …

Implementation of area-wide pest control programmes using the sterile insect technique
(SIT) is fundamentally dependant on the ability to rear large numbers of insects and to …