Aphids (Aphididae) are major agricultural pests that cause significant yield losses of crop
plants each year by inflicting damage both through the direct effects of feeding and by …

The capability of synthetic pesticides to manage weeds, insect pests and pathogens in crops
has diminished due to evolved resistance. Sustainable management is thus becoming more …

Plants are constantly challenged by a multitude of pathogens and pests, which causes
massive yield and quality losses annually. A promising approach to reduce such losses is to …

Cereal plants in natural ecological systems are often either sequentially or simultaneously
attacked by different species of aphids, which significantly decreases the quality and …

Abstract Background The Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia Kurdjumov, is one of the
most important pests of small grains throughout the temperate regions of the world. This …

Globally, aphids cause immense economic damage to several crop plants. In addition,
aphids vector several plant viral diseases that accelerate crop yield losses. While feeding …

Behavioral manipulation (BM) is a multimodal control approach based on the interference
with the stimuli mediating insect perception and interaction with the surroundings. BM could …

The cowpea aphid Aphis craccivora Koch (CPA) is a destructive insect pest of cowpea, a
staple legume crop in Sub-Saharan Africa and other semiarid warm tropics and subtropics …

The peach–potato aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), is one of the most important pests of
economic crops. It damages the plant directly by consuming nutrients and water and …

Wheat production worldwide is severely challenged by different pest and pathogen species,
and misguided application of chemicals in farming significantly stimulates crop invaders to …