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Silica nanoparticles for insect pest control
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2019-10)
To date, control strategies used against insect pest species are based on synthetic insecticide applications. In addition, the efficacy of these treatments could be decreased due to insecticide resistance in insect ...
Population ecology and classical biological control of forest insect pests in a changing world
(Elsevier, 2022-09-15)
Forests are important for climate regulation and provide wood and fiber to an increasing human population. Forest systems encompass a large part of the world’s land surface area and they are increasingly threatened by ...
Managing nuisance social insects in urban environments : an overview
(2017-04)
Urbanization is progressing worldwide where social insects often attain pest status. We present an overview of the practices applied for the management of social insects in urban settings from 1990 to 2016. We found that ...
Worldwide diversity of endophytic fungi and insects associated with dormant tree twigs
(Springer, 2022-03)
International trade in plants and climate change are two of the main factors causing damaging tree pests (i.e. fungi and insects) to spread into new areas. To mitigate these risks, a large-scale assessment of tree-associated ...
Neuroethology of olfactory-guided behavior and its potential application in the control of harmful insects
(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2016-06)
Harmful insects include pests of crops and storage goods, and vectors of human and animal diseases. Throughout their history, humans have been fighting them using diverse methods. The fairly recent development of synthetic ...
Pest management of social insects in urban settings
(2017-04)
Pest management of social insects in urban environments is a growing global concern, given the problems that these pests generate and the growth of urban areas worldwide. In this special issue, we present studies on the ...
What is the level of fruit infestation by pulp-feeding insects?: An overview of their meaning and measurement
(Eugen Ulmer Gmbh Co, 2021-10)
Despite the economic, ecological, and evolutionary importance of the fruit infestation level by pulp-feeding insects, its meaning and measurement are confusing yet. We show the first overview of the fruit infestation level, ...
Management of Sirex noctilio populations in exotic pine plantations: critical issues explaining invasion success and damage levels in South America
(Springer Nature, 2018-11)
Plantation forestry with non-native trees is steadily increasing in the southern hemisphere and alien pest problems are also accumulating, as a consequence of the growing international movement of people and goods. Here, ...
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 ...
Mate-searching behavior in the invasive German wasp, Vespula germanica, in Patagonia
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2018-07)
In order to increase the probability of reproduction, social insects can adopt various mate-finding strategies, such as increasing densities of males at specific locations, and/or visual and chemical cues that attract the ...