Biological control is widely successful at controlling pests, but effective biocontrol agents are
now more difficult to import from countries of origin due to more restrictive international trade …

Aphidius gifuensis is a parasitoid wasp and primary endoparasitoid enemy of the peach
potato aphid, Myzus persicae. Artificially reared, captive wasps of this species have been …

Amblyseius swirskii is a predatory mite of the family Phytoseiidae that is widely used in
biological control of small insect and mite pests. A population from Israel was the source of …

In the past decades, human population growth has been the source of two major concerns:
providing sufficient food for humanity and minimizing worldwide environmental pollution …

Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter) is an efficient predatory biological control agent used
throughout the Mediterranean Basin in tomato crops but regarded as a pest in northern …

Candidate biological control agents of invasive insect pests are increasingly being found in
new geographic regions as a result of unintentional introductions. However, testing the …

The predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae), is a generalist
predator feeding on multiple soft-bodied insects and mite pest species. It is a biological …

Microbiome studies of the parasitoid wasp, Dolichogenidea metesae (Nixon)(Hymenoptera,
Braconidae) are important because D. metesae has potential as a biological control agent to …

Biological control is widely successful for controlling pests, but effective biocontrol agents
are now more difficult to obtain due to more restrictive international trade laws. Coupled with …

In this study life table parameters and predation activity of E. scutalis on a diet of T. turkestani
were studied before the supply of Typha pollen (G0) and, after 10 (G10), 20 (G20), and 30 …