Consumers are increasingly demanding pesticide-free grain/legumes and processed foods.
Additionally, there are more restrictions, or complete loss, of insecticides labelled for use in …

Honey bee, Apis mellifera L., is considered as an essential organism to the agricultural
sector due to its role in pollination and alleviation of poverty in rural areas. Many pests attack …

The major obstacle to the adoption of Habrobracon hebetor (Say)(Hymenoptera:
Braconidae) for the management of postharvest moth pests is the short duration of the last …

Cold storage can extend shelf life of parasitoids for use in biocontrol. However, cold storage
may have negative impacts on life history traits of the parasitoids and, therefore, on their …

The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is considered
one of the most important pests effecting honeybee industry. The present study was carried …

Biological control of pest insects by natural enemies may be an effective, cheap and
environmentally friendly alternative to synthetic pesticides. The cosmopolitan parasitoid …

Abstract Background Habrobracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a larval
ectoparasitoid, mainly of pyralid moths of the stored pests of date, Plodia interpunctella …

Pink bollworm (PBW), Pectinophora gossypiella is one of the major pests of cultivated cotton
around the globe. Most of the attempts to control this pest by using chemical insecticides in …

To assess the potential of the hymenopteran ectoparasitoid, Habrobracon hebetor Say as a
biological control agent, we evaluated its response to different larval densities of two pyralid …

Simple Summary This study illustrated the role of optimum temperatures of 25 and 30° in
maximizing oviposition by the female H. hebetor. The optimum temperatures for paralysis of …