Simple Summary The Insect Pest Control (IPC) Section and its associated laboratory (IPCL)
is part of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. Its …

The requirement to develop new techniques for insect control that minimize negative
environmental impacts has never been more pressing. Here we discuss population …

Adult traits of holometabolous insects are shaped by conditions experienced during larval
development, which might impact interactions between adult insect hosts and parasites …

Trophic interactions are important pathways of energy and matter fluxes in food webs and
are commonly quantified using stable isotopes of carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N). An …

Invasive species pose a major threat to forest biodiversity, particularly on islands such as the
Galapágos. Here, invasive plants are threatening the remnants of the unique cloud forest …

Aedes albopictus male survival in laboratory cages is no more than 4–5 days when kept
without any access to sugar indicating their need to feed on a sugar source soon after …

Field studies of biochar addition to soil and nutrient cycling using 15N fertilizers in temperate
agriculture are scant. These data are required in order to make evidence based …

Erucic acid is known to have negative effects on the human health and is therefore regulated
in nutritional products such as vegetable oils. In order to determine the content of erucic acid …

The black soldier fly, yellow mealworm and house fly are known for their wide distribution,
ease of breeding, and environmental and nutritional attributes. Diets based on these fly …

The low nitrogen content of Bangka Island's post-tin-mining soil may limit its suitability for
agricultural production. In this study, we investigated the effect of locally available organic …