Functional Response and Predation Rate of Dicyphus cerastii Wagner (Hemiptera: Miridae)

G Abraços-Duarte, S Ramos, F Valente… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Biological control (BC) is an effective way to regulate pest populations in
horticultural crops, allowing the decrease of pesticide usage. On tomato, predatory insects …

Can the combined use of the mirid predator Nesidiocoris tenuis and a braconid larval endoparasitoid Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris improve the biological control of …

PO Aigbedion-Atalor, MP Hill, PM Ayelo, S Ndlela… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Combining natural enemies may lead to synergistic, additive, or
antagonistic effects on the control of insect pests. An investigation into the nature and …

Herbivore intraguild interactions decrease ectoparasitoid Bracon nigricans parasitism of Phthorimaea absoluta and responses to tomato volatiles

KR Fiaboe, AA Yusuf, B Torto… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Intraguild interactions are known to trigger competition among phytophagous insects that
depend on the same food source, which may have implications on natural enemy …

[PDF][PDF] Compatibility of Nesidiocoris tenuis and Iphiseius degenerans with insecticides, miticides and fungicides used in tomato crops.

D Perdikis, S Psaroudaki… - Bulletin of …, 2020 - bulletinofinsectology.org
Abstract Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter)(Heteroptera Miridae) and Iphiseius degenerans
(Berlese)(Acari Phytoseiidae) are omnivorous predators commonly used in IPM in Europe …

Functional response and predation rate of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) at …

E Rostami, DL Huang, MZ Shi, LZ Zheng… - Journal of Economic …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The ladybug, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Mulsant)(Coleoptera: Cocccinellidae)(
Mulsant)(Coleoptera: Cocccinellidae), is a highly efficient predator in controlling mealybug …

A Novel Interaction of Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera: Miridae) as a Biological Control Agent of Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) in Potato

G Esparza-Diaz, RT Villanueva, IE Badillo-Vargas - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The tomato bug is a generalist predator commonly used to control insect
pests. This exotic mirid was found in 2012 in South Texas and has been established in this …

Effect of Sex, Age and Temperature on the Functional Response of Macrolophus pygmaeus Ramber and Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter (Heteroptera: Miridae) on Eggs of …

E Yiacoumi, NA Kouloussis, DS Koveos - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The predatory insects Macrolophus pygmaeus Ramber (Heteroptera:
Miridae) and Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter (Heteroptera: Miridae) are important biological …

Life history parameters and predation capacities of Nesidiocoris volucer: a new biological control agent for tomato crop

L Marquereau, JS Cottineau, O Fontaine… - Bulletin of …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Whiteflies are one of the major pests of tomato under greenhouses, and their control partly
relies on biocontrol strategies. Among those biocontrol agents, parasitoids or predators are …

Effects of a Bt-based insecticide on the functional response of Ceraeochrysa cincta preying on Plutella xylostella

IC de Oliveira Pimenta, G da Silva Nunes… - Ecotoxicology, 2020 - Springer
Plutella xylostella, is the main pest infesting Brassica crops, and products based on Bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt) are frequently used in strategies for its biocontrol. The present study aimed …

Impact of net houses on the natural regulation of the populations of Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) and Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera …

A Chailleux, J Chepkemoi, JM Haran, L Benoit… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The abandonment of insecticide treatments to achieve sustainable crop production calls for
a combination of methods to obtain satisfactory pest control. To this end, net houses and …