Bemisia tabaci is an extremely polyphagous pest that causes direct damage and can act as
a vector of viral plant diseases. The activity of natural enemies can be exploited by …

The use of plant-feeding predators for biological pest control has traditionally been
neglected, mainly due to the risk of them feeding on crop plants and causing economically …

Dicyphus hesperus Knight (Heteroptera: Miridae) nymphs were fed from egg hatch to the
adult stage on Ephestia kuehniella eggs provided either alone or in combination with tomato …

Solanaceous greenhouse crops are susceptible to infestation by a high number of insect
and mite pests that can cause serious yield losses. The most important of these pests are …

Ephemeral cropping systems are characterized by frequent disturbances of ecological
processes, which may compromise the conservation of plant and arthropod diversity and the …

Colonization of tomato greenhouses by native predatory mirid bugs at the end of the spring
cycle is common in the western Mediterranean area when no broad-spectrum insecticides …

One of the most damaging insect pests to tomato crops is the tomato leafminer, Tuta
absoluta. Current control methods are not efficient at regulating this pest below the …

The ability of zoophytophagous predators to produce defensive plant responses due to their
phytophagous behavior has been recently demonstrated. In the case of tomatoes, the mirids …

The potential of Dicyphus hesperus Knight as a predator of greenhouse whitefly,
Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood), and two-spotted spider mites, Tetranychus urticae …

This work presents the results of an investigation that aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of
releases of the omnivorous predator Macrolophus caliginosus Wagner (Heteroptera …