A wide range of insects affect crop production and cause considerable yield losses.
Difficulties reside on the development and adaptation of adequate strategies to predict …

Larval dispersal either through ballooning or crawling results in a redistribution of the insect
population and infestations within and between plants. In addition, invasive species, such as …

Cereals are the most cultivated and traded crops for food, feed, and industrial uses
worldwide. Among other producing regions, Africa hosts 27% of the world's total cereal …

The interactions among insect communities influence the composition of pest complexes
that attack crops and, in parallel, their natural enemies, which regulate their abundance. The …

Spatio-temporal dynamics of multi-species pest communities and the interactions between
them influence the structure of pest complex that attack crops. In East and Southern Africa …

Rice planthoppers (RPH) are important pest that cause severe yield losses of rice
production in China. South and Southwest China are the main infestation areas on the …

Sources of infestation are the key elements to be considered in the development of habitat
management techniques for the control of maize stemborers. Several wild plants, grasses …

Louisiana rice is attacked by a complex of lepidopteran stem borers that injure the
vegetative and reproductive stages of rice, reducing tillering and grain output. Currently …

Competitive or facilitative interactions characterise phytophagous insect communities that
utilise the same resources. These interactions are often mediated by the host plant. Plant …

Abstract Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is the most
destructive insect pest of rice in the United States. Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus larvae feed on …