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Is the insect world overcoming the efficacy of bacillus thuringiensis?
(MDPI AG, 2017-01-18)
The use of chemical pesticides revolutionized agriculture with the introduction of DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) as the first modern chemical insecticide. However, the effectiveness of DDT and other synthetic ...
Predatory and Parasitic Agents Attacking the Hippelates pusio Complex in Puerto RicoTítulo en español.
(University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus Agricultural Experiment Station, 1965)
Modelling the distribution of forest pest natural enemies across invaded areas: Towards understanding the influence of climate on parasitoid establishment success
(Elsevier, 2019-05)
Classical biological control is a pest management practice frequently deployed against invasive insects. However, introduced natural enemies too often fail to establish, and this has been partly explained by climatic ...
Utilización regional de baculovirus en el control de plagas hortícolas
(Ediciones INTA, 2021-12)
Los baculovirus son patógenos aislados de insectos, principalmente del orden Lepidoptera. Se caracterizan por su alta especificidad, pues poseen un espectro de hospedadores reducido, y por ser inocuos para artrópodos ...
Biological and molecular characterization of Rachiplusia nu single nucleopolyhedrovirus, a promising biocontrol agent against the South American soybean pest Rachiplusia nu
(Elsevier, 2019-09)
Rachiplusia nu (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a key soybean pest in Argentina. Current management of this moth
relies mainly on the use of synthetic insecticides and transgenic plants. In search of biological control-based ...
Modelling the distribution of forest pest natural enemies across invaded areas: Towards understanding the influence of climate on parasitoid establishment success
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 2019-05)
Classical biological control is a pest management practice frequently deployed against invasive insects. However, introduced natural enemies too often fail to establish, and this has been partly explained by climatic ...
Characterization of the earwig, Doru lineare, as a predator of larvae of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda: a functional response study
(Entomological Society of America, 2010-01)
Spodoptera frugiperda Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is considered as the most important pest of maize in almost all tropical America. In Argentina, the earwig Doru lineare Eschscholtz (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) has been ...
The Influence of Food and Con-specifics on the Flight Potential of the Parasitoid Ibalia leucospoides
(Springer, 2011-11)
For insect parasitoids, knowledge of their flight capability is essential for a general understanding of the relationship with their hosts. For instance, flight capacity might partly determine their efficacy as biological ...
Trapping success and flight behavior of two parasitoid species of the woodwasp Sirex noctilio
(Elsevier, 2019-04-19)
Classical biological control relies on the deliberate introduction of natural enemies to reduce pest populations below damage thresholds. Knowledge on key aspects of the behavior of antagonists and their population densities ...