The predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot is a biological control agent that has
the potential to play an important role in pest management in many greenhouse crops. Most …

Box jellyfish have an impressive set of 24 eyes of four different types, including eyes
structurally similar to those of vertebrates and cephalopods [1, 2]. However, the known visual …

Food webs are overlaid with infochemical webs that mediate direct and indirect interactions.
Behavioural ecologists have extensively documented that carnivorous arthropods exploit …

Several species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae), including species of the genera
Amblyseius, Galendromus, Metaseiulus, Neoseiulus, Phytoseiulus and Typhlodromus, are …

Dispersal of natural enemies through a crop is a key component of biological control. The
release strategy should optimize the number of predators that are released, the release …

Spider mites are serious pests on many economically important plant species, because they
may reduce plant productivity and, at high mite densities, overexploit and even kill the host …

This novel, interdisciplinary text achieves an integration of empirical data and theory with the
aid of mathematical models and statistical methods. The emphasis throughout is on spatial …

Simulation modelling studies on the biological control of Tetranychus urticae Koch in
ornamental crops suggest that the dispersal of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis …

ABSTRACT A greenhouse experiment was conducted to determine the effect of plant
spacing and predator–prey ratio on dispersal and foraging efficiency of the predatory mite …

Adequate distribution of natural enemies is necessary for successful augmentative
biological control. In California greenhouse cut roses produced using the bent shoot system …