Insects in agroecosystems contend with many stressors–eg, chemicals, heat, nutrient
deprivation–that are often encountered at low levels. Exposure to mild stress is now well …

Agricultural intensification increased crop productivity but simplified production with lower
diversity of cropping systems, higher genetic uniformity, and a higher uniformity of …

Intensive agriculture, which is associated with heavy inputs of synthetic insecticides, has
serious ecological impacts, leading to loss of vital ecosystem services including insect …

Flower strips can play an important role in agro-ecosystems by supporting populations of
pests' natural enemies, thereby enhancing biological control. However, few studies have …

Despite the potential of diversification strategies to achieve sustainability, diversified
systems such as agroforestry are still not widely implemented by farmers, which indicates …

To attain sustainable agricultural crop protection, tools such as host plant resistance,
enhanced ecosystem services (ie conserving natural enemies) and the deployment of …

Understanding host-parasitoid food webs, as well as the factors affecting species
interactions, is important for developing pest management strategies in an agroecosystem …

The push–pull cropping system can be a promising alternative for reducing pests by
increasing and maintaining their natural enemies in different farming configurations …

Stable and diversified agroecosystems provide farmers with important ecosystem services,
which are unfortunately being lost at an alarming rate under the current conventional …

Simple Summary Intensified rice cultivation is mostly associated with high input of
pesticides. Beneficial arthropods decrease in such environments while pesticide-resistant …