Early pest development and loss of biological control are associated ...

Here, we provide evidence that a pest develops earlier due to urban warming but that phenology of its parasitoid community does not similarly ...

Phenological mismatches already lead to loss of pollination services, and we predict that they also cause loss of biological control. Here, we provide evidence ...

Early pest development and loss of biological control are ... - PubMed

Early pest development and loss of biological control are associated with urban warming · Abstract · Publication types · MeSH terms · Substances.

Warmer Temperatures Limit Impact of Parasites, Boost Pest ...

Research from North Carolina State University shows that some insect pests are thriving in warm, urban environments and developing earlier, limiting the impact ...

Urbanization hampers biological control of insect pests: A global ...

Overall biological control of insect pests declined with advancing urbanization. Abstract. Biological control is a major ecosystem service ...

Intensified agriculture favors evolved resistance to biological control

Biological control offers sustainable pest suppression, partly because evolution of resistance to predators and parasitoids is prevented by several factors ( ...

When natural habitat fails to enhance biological pest control

In biological control with parasitoids, the number of parasitoid species can be related to host mortality rates (Tylianakis et al., 2006), and hosts with few ...

Biological Control Program | Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...

Biological control is a practical option for suppressing pest populations because: It is easy and safe to use.

Biological control of an agricultural pest protects tropical forests

Here, we show how biological control against the mealybug Phenacoccus manihoti (Hemiptera) slows deforestation across Southeast Asia.

Biological Control

Further development of modern biological control awaited the recognition of the fact that insect pest problems were population phenomena. The controversial ...

Conservation Biological Control of Pests in the Molecular Era

Developing more effective ways to manage agricultural pests using their natural enemies, 'biological control,' is critical for three interacting reasons. First, ...

Approaches to the Biological Control of Insect Pests - CT.gov

This has been demonstrated repeatedly when pesticides have devastated the natural enemies of potential pests. Insects which were previously of little economic ...

When is it biological control? A framework of definitions ...

Biological control, or biocontrol, is the exploitation of living agents (incl. viruses) to combat pestilential organisms (incl. pathogens, pests, and weeds)

Combining biological control approaches for managing insect crop ...

With the loss of effective chemical controls of crop pests, a move towards biological controls is a way to future-proof our agricultural system.

Biological Control of Insect Pests in Agroecosystems: Effects of Crop ...

Indeed, pesticide use has been shown to be associated with a large decrease in natural pest control services (Cross et al., 1999; Prokopy et al., 1995). Thus, ...

Control Mechanisms | National Invasive Species Information Center

Biological control is the intentional manipulation of natural enemies (biocontrol agents) by humans for the purpose of controlling pests or plants (target hosts) ...

New Integrated Pest Management Paradigm for the Modern Age

Abstract. Earlier models of integrated pest management (IPM) focused on ecological aspects of pest management. With the recent developments ...

Biological Pest Controls for the Home Landscape

This requires early detection through monitoring practices. Biological control agents are used to provide mortality early in the pest cycle to prevent outbreaks ...

Biological Control: Approaches and Applications

However, it is not uncommon for some of these introduced organisms to become pests, due to a lack of natural enemies to suppress their populations. In these ...

What is Biological Control?

In many instances the complex of natural enemies associated with an insect pest may be inadequate. This is especially evident when an insect pest is ...