Habitat management is an important strategy for pest control in integrated pest management
(IPM). Various categories of habitat management such as trap cropping, intercropping …

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Many insects, including parasitoids, depend in their adult stage on carbohydrate-rich food as
their main source of energy for longevity, fecundity and mobility. The effect of food …

Abstract Agricultural landscapes in North America have developed through complex
interactions of biophysical, socioeconomic and technological forces. While they can be …

In conservation biological control, diversification of the agro ecosystem with flowering
vegetation is seen as an important tool to support the broad range of predators and …

Recent work in natural enemy nutrition has generated dramatic results, ranging from
parasitoid longevity increasing several‐fold when appropriate nectar is made available to …

The use of flowering field margins is often proposed as a method to support biological
control in agro-ecosystems. In addition to beneficial insects, many herbivores depend on …

Empirical protocols for assessing the suitability of prey for aphidophagous coccinellids are
examined and a modified scheme of categorization is presented. It is argued that prey …

Several studies have shown that manipulating flowering weeds within an agroecosystem
can have an important role in pest control by natural enemies, by providing them nectar and …

The agricultural production in the Neotropical region is highly affected by the attack of pests
and diseases. Due to the overuse of pesticides, sustainable methods of control are in …