Challenges facing arthropod biological control: identifying traits for genetic improvement of predators in protected crops

Biweekly supplementation with Artemia spp. cysts allows efficient population establishment by Macrolophus pygmaeus in sweet pepper

(2019) Nathalie Brenard et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Variation in susceptibility and selection for resistance to imidacloprid and thiamethoxam in Mediterranean populations of Orius laevigatus

(2019) Virginia Balanza et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Is leaf pruning the key factor to successful biological control of aphids in sweet pepper?

(2019) Nathalie Brenard et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Optimization of native biocontrol agents, with parasitoids of the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii as an example

(2018) Astrid Kruitwagen et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Orius laevigatus strengthens its role as a biological control agent by inducing plant defenses

(2017) Sarra Bouagga et al.   JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

A four-year survey on insecticide resistance and likelihood of chemical control failure for tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta in the European/Asian region

(2017) Emmanouil Roditakis et al.   JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

Evidence of genetic basis of zoophagy and nymphal developmental time in isogroup lines of the zoophytophagous mullein bug, Campylomma verbasci

(2016) François Dumont et al.   BIOCONTROL

It is time to bridge the gap between exploring and exploiting: prospects for utilizing intraspecific genetic variation to optimize arthropods for augmentative pest control - a review

(2016) Suzanne T.E. Lommen et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Integration of Plant Defense Traits with Biological Control of Arthropod Pests: Challenges and Opportunities

(2016) Julie A. Peterson et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Alternative food and biological control by generalist predatory mites: the case of Amblyseius swirskii

(2015) Arne Janssen et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Approaches to conserving natural enemy populations in greenhouse crops: current methods and future prospects

(2014) Gerben J. Messelink et al.   BIOCONTROL

Increased control of thrips and aphids in greenhouses with two species of generalist predatory bugs involved in intraguild predation

(2014) Gerben J. Messelink et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

First Record ofAnthonomus eugenii(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Italy

(2014) Stefano Speranza et al.   FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST

Mi-1.2, an R gene for aphid resistance in tomato, has direct negative effects on a zoophytophagous biocontrol agent, Orius insidiosus

(2014) Godshen R. Pallipparambil et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Can we forecast the effects of climate change on entomophagous biological control agents?

(2013) Ernestina Aguilar-Fenollosa et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Sugar as nutritional supplement for the zoophytophagous predator Nesidiocoris tenuis

(2012) Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat et al.   BIOCONTROL

Release rate for a pre-plant application of Nesidiocoris tenuis for Bemisia tabaci control in tomato

(2012) F. J. Calvo et al.   BIOCONTROL

Biological control-based IPM in sweet pepper greenhouses usingAmblyseius swirskii(Acari: Phytoseiidae)

(2012) F.J. Calvo et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Using organic-certified rather than synthetic pesticides may not be safer for biological control agents: Selectivity and side effects of 14 pesticides on the predator Orius laevigatus

(2012) Antonio Biondi et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Preplant release of Nesidiocoris tenuis and supplementary tactics for control of Tuta absoluta and Bemisa tabaci in greenhouse tomato

(2012) Francisco J. Calvo et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Evolution and biological control

(2012) George K. Roderick et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Prospects for the biological control of Tuta absoluta in tomatoes of the Mediterranean basin

(2012) Alberto Urbaneja et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake

(2011) Joop C. van Lenteren   BIOCONTROL

In Focus: Spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, across perspectives

(2011) Jana C Lee et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Influence of diet on the predation rate of Orius laevigatus on Frankliniella occidentalis

(2010) Maarten Bonte et al.   BIOCONTROL

Pollen as an alternative or supplementary food for the mirid predator Macrolophus pygmaeus

(2010) Bjorn Vandekerkhove et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Egg hatching response to a range of air humidities for six species of predatory mites

(2010) M. Ferrero et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Life tables and development of Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) at different temperatures

(2010) Heung-Su Lee et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Biological invasion of European tomato crops by Tuta absoluta: ecology, geographic expansion and prospects for biological control

(2010) Nicolas Desneux et al.   JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

Response of a complex foraging phenotype to artificial selection on its component traits

(2009) Punya Nachappa et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Testing for non-target effects of spiromesifen on Eretmocerus mundus and Orius laevigatus under greenhouse conditions

(2008) Pablo Bielza et al.   BIOCONTROL

Insecticide resistance management strategies against the western flower thrips,Frankliniella occidentalis

(2008) Pablo Bielza   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE