Habitat management to suppress pest populations: progress and prospects

GM Gurr, SD Wratten, DA Landis… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Habitat management involving manipulation of farmland vegetation can exert direct
suppressive effects on pests and promote natural enemies. Advances in theory and practical …

The development, regulation and use of biopesticides for integrated pest management

D Chandler, AS Bailey, GM Tatchell… - … of the Royal …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Over the past 50 years, crop protection has relied heavily on synthetic chemical pesticides,
but their availability is now declining as a result of new legislation and the evolution of …

Biological control using invertebrates and microorganisms: plenty of new opportunities

JC van Lenteren, K Bolckmans, J Köhl, WJ Ravensberg… - BioControl, 2018 - Springer
In augmentative biological control (ABC), invertebrate and microbial organisms are
seasonally released in large numbers to reduce pests. Today it is applied on more than 30 …

Biological control and sustainable food production

JS Bale, JC Van Lenteren… - … Transactions of the …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The use of biological control for the management of pest insects pre-dates the modern
pesticide era. The first major successes in biological control occurred with exotic pests …

Biological control in greenhouse systems

TC Paulitz, RR Bélanger - Annual review of phytopathology, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The controlled environment of greenhouses, the high value of the crops, and the
limited number of registered fungicides offer a unique niche for the biological control of plant …

LEDs make it resilient: effects on plant growth and defense

M Lazzarin, M Meisenburg, D Meijer… - Trends in Plant …, 2021 - cell.com
Light spectral composition influences plant growth and metabolism, and has important
consequences for interactions with plant-feeding arthropods and their natural enemies. In …

Western flower thrips resistance to insecticides: detection, mechanisms and management strategies

Y Gao, Z Lei, SR Reitz - Pest management science, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Insecticide resistance continues to be one of the most important issues facing agricultural
production. The challenges in insecticide resistance and its management are exemplified by …

Augmentative biological control of arthropods in Latin America

JC Van Lenteren, VHP Bueno - BioControl, 2003 - Springer
Augmentative forms of biological control, wherenatural enemies are periodically introduced,
are applied over large areas in variouscropping systems in Latin America. About 25% of the …

Two volatile organic compounds trigger plant self-defense against a bacterial pathogen and a sucking insect in cucumber under open field conditions

GC Song, CM Ryu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2013 - mdpi.com
Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is a plant self-defense mechanism against a broad-
range of pathogens and insect pests. Among chemical SAR triggers, plant and bacterial …

Aphid parasitoids in biological control

G Boivin, T Hance, J Brodeur - Canadian Journal of Plant …, 2012 - cdnsciencepub.com
Boivin, G., Hance, T. and Brodeur, J. 2012. Aphid parasitoids in biological control. Can. J.
Plant Sci. 92: 1–12. Aphids are important pests of most cultivated crops worldwide. Among …