More than six decades after the onset of wide-scale commercial use of synthetic pesticides
and more than fifty years after Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, pesticides, particularly …

Being one of the most abundant and species‐rich groups of natural enemies occurring in all
agroecosystems, spiders are variably affected by pesticide applications. Here, a review is …

Integrated pest management (IPM) has been promoted as an environmentally friendly pest
control approach, but its adoption by farmers, particularly in developing countries, is low …

Conventional agriculture is based on a high level of chemical inputs such as pesticides and
fertilisers, leading to serious environmental impacts, health risks and loss of biodiversity in …

Arboriculture must maintain acceptable fruit production levels while preserving natural
resources. This duality can be analyzed with the concept of ecosystem service. We reviewed …

Although there are several alternative approaches to conventional farming for the nexus of
food and biodiversity, the effects of different land management regimes on biodiversity …

Populations of pear psylla, Cacopsylla pyri (L.)(Rhynchota: Psyllidae), and its natural
enemies were sampled on pears in Antalya province during the years 2000–2002. Thirty …

Spiders (Araneae) form abundant and diverse assemblages in agroecosystems such as fruit
orchards, and thus might have an important role as natural enemies of orchard pests …

The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), Diaphorina citri Kuwayama is considered a key citrus pest
due to its role as vector of 'huanglongbing'(HLB) or citrus greening, probably the most …

The manipulation of beneficial organisms remains a very important tool in integrated pest
management programs of insect pests worldwide. This chapter describes the approaches to …