Companion planting is a well-known strategy to manage insect pests and support a natural
enemy population through vegetative diversification. Trap cropping is one such type of …

This paper reviews the most important cases of trap crops and insectary plants in the order
Brassicales. Most trap crops in the order Brassicales target insects that are specialist in …

BACKGROUND Agricultural landscapes provide resources for arthropod pests as well as
their natural enemies. To develop integrated pest management (IPM) practices, it is …

There is an urgent need to develop sustainable and environmentally benign integrated pest
management (IPM) strategies for arable crops. The enhancement and manipulation of …

Dealing with insect pests is one of the biggest challenges facing the cultivation of oilseed
rape (Brassica napus, OSR). Insect pests are usually controlled using insecticides, but the …

BACKGROUND The pollen beetle (Brassicogethes aeneus) is the most abundant pest of
oilseed rape in spring and is potentially one of the most damaging. Adults feed on the pollen …

In sustainable pest management, orientation of insect pests can be manipulated by utilizing
the relative attractiveness of different host plants. Plants attractive for oviposition but not …

Global biodiversity has suffered a decline primarily attributed to landscape simplification and
intensified agricultural practices. Agricultural environments, characterized by homogeneity …

Las plantas arvenses son fuertes competidoras en los cultivos, pero también constituyen un
componente importante de los agroecosistemas, por lo que es relevante conocer aspectos …

Divergence of chemical plant defence mechanisms within the Brassicaceae can be utilized
to identify means against specialized pest insects. Using a bioassay‐driven approach, we …