Fungi, nematodes and parasitoids show promise against fall armyworm, review finds
A systematic review of 31 studies finds significant pooled effects for entomopathogenic fungi, nematodes, Bacillus bacteria and selected parasitoids against ...
Tag: integrated pest management
Mixed Baculovirus Infections Boost Cotton Leafworm Mortality, but Only Additively
A laboratory study found that combining a nucleopolyhedrovirus and a granulovirus increased mortality of cotton leafworm larvae, but the interaction ...
Wood-boring beetle raises bole breakage risk in Japan’s coastal forests
A field study in Niigata City, Japan, found that the wood-boring beetle Eupromus ruber preferentially infests Machilus thunbergii in coastal ...
Nanoemulsions Turn Volatile Essential Oils into Next-Generation Insecticides
A new review finds that essential oil nanoemulsions with droplets of 20 to 200 nanometres outperformed traditional formulations in several ...
Lady beetle shown to be key field predator of major tea pest in China
A year of field surveys and DNA metabarcoding of beetle gut contents show that Chilocorus kuwanae is a key predator ...
Fungus Shows Laboratory Virulence Against Citrus Psyllid Vector of Huanglongbing
Laboratory tests show the entomopathogenic fungus Akanthomyces lecanii isolate V3450 kills Asian citrus psyllid nymphs and adults in a concentration-dependent ...
Two Parasitoid Wasps Show Promise Against Invasive Fall Armyworm in Lab Tests
A laboratory study in India found the parasitoid wasp Chelonus formosanus achieved significantly higher pupation and adult emergence rates on ...
Jacques Derron Built Pest Control Around Ecology, Evidence and Shared Knowledge
The career of Swiss entomologist Jacques Derron demonstrated how ecological research, biological control and carefully calibrated intervention thresholds can make ...
Fields That Talk in Scents: How Airborne Chemistry Could Reshape Sustainable Pest Control
A new review in The Science of Nature argues that the volatile organic compounds released by companion crops can be ...
DNA Barcodes Reveal Hidden Genetic Map of India’s Destructive Mealybugs
A new mtCOI-based study of 134 Indian mealybug specimens identifies fourteen species and reveals pronounced geographic genetic structure with implications ...
Chemical Ecology Faces a Field Reality Check in Conservation Biological Control
A new review argues that conservation biological control must move beyond laboratory demonstrations of attraction and manage chemical information flow ...
RGB Meets Hyperspectral: AI Framework Spots Crop Pests Before Damage Shows
A two-stage imaging and deep learning framework detects and grades infestations of four greenhouse pests, distilling 248 spectral bands into ...
Heavy Pesticide Use Strips Insect Diversity but Boosts Pests in Lettuce Fields
A Chilean field study found that conventionally managed lettuce farms sprayed seven to nine times per cycle supported fewer insect ...
AI Reads Sugarcane Stalks to Measure Hidden Insect Damage
Brazilian researchers used a YOLO-based deep learning model to quantify internal insect injury in sugarcane stalks, showing that continuous injury ...
Neem Oil Tops Field Trials Against Cardamom Caterpillar in Nepal, but Mineral Oil Wins in the Lab
A field and laboratory study in eastern Nepal found neem oil gave the strongest suppression of the leaf-eating caterpillar Artona ...
Japanese Weed Melon: A Defense Against Whiteflies
In a groundbreaking study recently published in Discovery of Plants, researchers have turned their attention to the intriguing interaction between ...
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