[PDF] Top 20 BIOLOGICAL CONTROL Predators Impairing the Natural Biological Control of Parasitoids

... weakens the re- productive success of the latter. Only parasitoids escaping such a fate would con- tribute to the next ...Therefore, the next generation of ... See full document

... pests of chili pepper and cause both direct and indirect damage to the crop (Venzon et ...important natural enemies (Venzon et ...while the former has native range from the southern ... See full document

... species of late larval parasitoid ...time. The leaf discs with late larval parasitoids and healthy whitefly nymphs as described above were cut out around the leaf clip-on cage’s bottom ... See full document

... augmentative biological control, the overwintering ability of a natural enemy is not a trait that is selected for (very unlike the situation in classical biological ... See full document

... Specimens of Telenomus and Trissolcus spp. were mounted on the tips of triangular card points to maxi- mize the surface area available for observa- ...Methods of dissection and ... See full document

... Following the last introduction in 1944, Brazil- ian BC passed through a depressed period when large amounts of organic synthetic pesticides were used against pests, a period that includes the ... See full document

... pest of various crops worldwide. In Brazil, P. latus is the main pest of chili ...potential biological agents for broad mite ...mite control was evaluated on chili pepper plants ... See full document

... considered the most important insect pest of temperate fruit crops in the Southern of Brazil (NORA; HICKEL, ...In the state of Santa Catarina, A. fraterculus is the ... See full document

... considered the first line of defense for the control of pests and ...in the short and medium term, the use of pesticides will remain an important strategy for pest ... See full document

... about the behavior and biology of the Eucoilinae in the neotropical region and most of the studies have been about taxonomy and populational surveys (Diaz 1998, Guimarães 1999, ... See full document

... their natural habitat, natural enemies are exposed to a variety of ...prey, predators use volatiles cues that are associated with the presence of food, but it is known that these ... See full document

... to natural enemies, either generalists or specialists: the latter have long associations with their hosts, which often generate a co-evolutionary relation- ...these natural enemies increases host ... See full document

... that natural enemies may keep aphid populations at low levels, preventing economical damages on cereal cultures (Giller et ...1995). The microhymenopterans parasitoids play an important role in this ... See full document

... individuals of the following fruit fly parasitoid species were observed from September to December in localities higher than 1,000 m above sea level: ...months. The same period was observed for ... See full document

... composed of an acrylic cage with 0-24 h-old adults of ...in the upper part of each cage to keep humidity inside it and to supply water to the ...parasitoids. Parasitoids ... See full document

... Primjenom patogena, koji je selektivan i suzbija samo jednu korovnu vrstu, nema opasnosti za smanjenje bioraznolikosti flore i faune staništa (Charu- dattan, 2001.), iako je selektivno[r] ... See full document

... intermediate control functions to locally (step-by-step) drive ecological and biological networks (Ferrarini, ...kind of ecological and biological network (Ferrarini, 2015b) and locally ... See full document

... hand, the biological (high reproductive capacity and adaptability to a wide range of environmental conditions) characteristics of ...in the biological control against ... See full document

... in the literature regarding the direct im- pact of Bt-plants on non-target insects (pests and their natu- ral enemies) emphasize the importance of our study on biological aspects ... See full document

... streptomycin. The acaricides, in the pre-established concentrations, were then ...ml of each one of these amended media was poured into eight 9 cm culture ...plates. The same amount ... See full document