Agricultural landscapes are constantly changing as farmers adopt new production practices
and respond to changing environmental conditions. Some of these changes alter landscape …

Background Rice field agroecosystems produce food for more than half of the world's
population and deliver important services supporting farmers' livelihoods. However …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the most important cereal crops with a diverse set of pests and
natural enemies. Rice fields often support a high diversity of arthropods which contribute …

Temporal change in vegetation complexity and field management may interactively affect
the structure of predator–prey networks in agroecosystems and consequently alter the …

We assess the effects of changing land use and crop management on alfalfa insect
abundance by comparing it in 50 alfalfa fields when they were inserted in landscapes with …

Many pollinator insects, especially honey bees [Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Apidae)] and wild
bees, are experiencing population decline because of forage and habitat losses. Planting …

Simple Summary DNA metabarcoding was used to survey the biodiversity of parasitoid
wasps in rice fields. DNA was collected from tissue samples of selected parasitoid wasps in …

The rice hoppers viz., brown plant hopper (BPH) Nilaparvata lugens (Stal), white-backed
planthopper (WBPH) Sogatella furcifera (Horvath) and green leafhopper (GLH) Nephotettix …

The present investigations were carried out over two consecutive Kharif seasons (2019 and
2020) to study the population dynamics of brown planthopper (BPH)[Nilaparvata lugens …

Agricultural intensification is one of the major threats to global biodiversity and ecosystem
services. Sustainable management of agricultural lands can reduce these impacts, but few …