Canola/oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) production in Canada has increased to become a
foundational crop in the Canadian Prairies and an important economic driver of this region …

Sustainable pest management implies less pesticide use and replacement by safe control
alternatives. This requires decision support for rational pest management. However, in …

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

The amount of energy available in a system constrains large-scale patterns of abundance.
Here, we test the role of temperature and net primary productivity as drivers of flying insect …

Modern agricultural landscapes are dynamic systems with interannually changing
proportions of different crop types. However, the effects of spatiotemporal changes in crop …

Insect management strategies for agricultural crop pests must reduce selection for
insecticide resistant mutants while providing effective control of the insect pest. One …

Limiting crop pests while favouring environmentally friendly practices is challenging. It is
required to identify the main drivers of infestation for multiple pests at different scales. In …

BACKGROUND Understanding the dynamics of pest immigration into an agroecosystem
enables effective and timely management strategies. The pollen beetle (Brassicogethes …

There is an urgent need to develop sustainable pest management systems to protect arable
crops in order to replace the current over-reliance on synthetic insecticides. Semiochemicals …

Global warming can increase insect pest pressure by enhancing reproductive rates.
Whether this translates into yield losses depends on phenological synchronisation of pests …