Crop disease remains a major problem to global food production. Excess use of pesticides
through chemical disease control measures is a serious problem for sustainable agriculture …

1. Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity have agreed that, by 2020, invasion
pathways will be identified, prioritized and managed to prevent the introduction of invasive …

Classical and augmentative biological control of insect pests and weeds has enjoyed a long
history of successes. However, biocontrol practices have not been as universally accepted …

Growing interest in the concept of nature-based solutions (NBS) raises the question of its
applicability as a broadly-understood approach to resource management and spatial …

Biological control is a valuable and effective strategy for controlling arthropod pests and has
been used extensively against invasive arthropods. As one approach for control of …

Current management strategy of the invasive fruit fly Drosophila suzukii
(Matsumura)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) exploits different tools but relies mainly on chemical …

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 …

Since the late 19th century, exotic ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) have been used
extensively for suppressing herbivorous insects of economic importance. In recent decades …

The use of exotic (= alien) arthropods in classical and augmentative biological control
programs has yielded huge economic and ecological benefits. Exotic species of arthropods …

Enemy‐risk effects, often referred to as non‐consumptive effects (NCEs), are an important
feature of predator–prey ecology, but their significance has had little impact on the …