Intercropping cover crops for a vital ecosystem service: A review of the biocontrol of insect pests in tea agroecosystems

SS Pokharel, H Yu, W Fang, MN Parajulee, F Chen - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The intercropping of cover crops has been adopted in several agroecosystems, including
tea agroecosystems, which promotes ecological intensification. Prior studies have shown …

Can agricultural practices that mitigate or improve crop resilience to climate change also manage crop pests?

EG Murrell - Current opinion in insect science, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Climate change effect-mitigating farming practices may also facilitate pest
control.•Practices can be used to control pest abundance and natural enemy …

Drought stress alters floral volatiles and reduces floral rewards, pollinator activity, and seed set in a global plant

CC Rering, JG Franco, KM Yeater, RE Mallinger - Ecosphere, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plant–pollinator interactions are mediated by floral signals and by the quantity and quality of
floral rewards. Biotic and abiotic disturbances can influence plant reproductive success …

[HTML][HTML] Pollination services in the North China Plain measured using buckwheat sentinel plants; is there a deficit?

Y Chen, C Zhang, W van der Werf - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The transition of food systems for healthy diets and sustainable food systems calls for
greater production of fruit and nuts, ie pollinated crops. The North China Plain (NCP) is a …

Nectar‐inhabiting bacteria differently affect the longevity of co‐occurring egg parasitoid species by modifying nectar chemistry

E Sarakatsani, JDL Ermio, S Rahman… - Annals of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Flowering plants can be introduced in modern agroecosystems to support resident natural
enemies in the context of Conservation Biological Control (CBC). Buckwheat (Fagopyrum …

Sown wildflowers enhance habitats of pollinators and beneficial arthropods in a tomato field margin

V Kati, F Karamaouna, L Economou, PV Mylona… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
We evaluated the capacity of selected plants, sown along a processing tomato field margin
in central Greece and natural vegetation, to attract beneficial and Hymenoptera pollinating …

Different cover crops have a limited impact on marketable yields and biogeochemical cycling but secondary effects on pollinators and plant-parasitic nematodes in …

J Allar, R Mallinger, C Liu, Z Grabau… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cover crops are typically grown during the summer in Florida's organic vegetable systems,
where they can affect nutrient cycling, soil health, and pests/pollinators. We compared the …

Evaluating and explaining the variability of honey bee field studies across Europe using BEEHAVE

A Agatz, M Miles, V Roeben, T Schad… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To assess the effect of plant protection products on pollinator colonies, the higher tier of
environmental risk assessment (ERA), for managed honey bee colonies and other …

Tackling the taxonomic challenges in the family Scoliidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) using an integrative approach: A case study from southern China

Z Liu, SJ Yang, YY Wang, YQ Peng, HY Chen, SX Luo - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The scoliid wasps are larval parasitoids of scarabaeoid beetles and
pollinators of various plants and therefore are important in biological control and pollination …

Documenting Potential Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) (Fabaceae) Pollinators in Florida

RL Meagher Jr, KM Watrous, SJ Fleischer… - Environmental …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Sunn hemp, Crotalaria juncea L., is a warm-season legume that can be planted in rotation to
cash crops to add nitrogen and organic matter to the soils, for weed growth prevention, and …