期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (1)
In South America, especially in Brazil, four members of the Spodoptera complex, Spodoptera albula (Walker, 1857), S. cosmioides (Walker, 1858), S. eri......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (2)
Lipaphis erysimi is a key pest of rapeseed-mustard in Indian subcontinent. Although chemical control is the basis of its management, the unsustainabil......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (2)
Natural pest control is a significant service supporting agricultural production. However, the relative contribution of several functional groups of n......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (2)
Increasing either inter- or intraspecific plant diversity has shown the potential to engender bottom-up and top-down effects upon herbivorous pests. N......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (2)
Birds provide important ecosystem services in many ecosystems, including important pest control effects on productive systems. The typically low bird ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (4)
Augmentative biological control in protected crops relies mainly on omnivorous predators. Their performance as biological control agents (BCA) depends......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (4)
With the invasion or local occurrence of Bemisia tabaci and Tuta absoluta in recent decades, they both have become two major insect pests of tomato cr......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (1)
Although synthetic pesticides are still used to control insect pests, greater efforts have been made to develop healthier and more environmentally fri......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (3)
The tomato red spider mite, TRSM, Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard (Acari: Tetranychidae), is an invasive tomato pest in several countries, wi......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (3)
Native to Southeastern Asia, the ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus compactus is invasive worldwide. Its invasion is favoured by its cryptic lifestyle, symbi......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (1)
The South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), has invaded most Afro-Eurasian countries and is threatening wor......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (3)
The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a major pest of maize crops and others row crops on the American co......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (1)
Just over 20 years since the RNA interference (RNAi) mechanism was unraveled in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the first RNAi-based pest control......
期刊: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, 2022; 95 (3)
Silicon (Si) enhances rice resistance to various insect herbivores. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Whereas the salicylic acid (SA)......