Biological control is an underlying pillar of integrated pest management, yet little focus has
been placed on assigning economic value to this key ecosystem service. Setting biological …

Grape growers in California utilize a variety of biological, cultural, and chemical approaches
for the management of insect and mite pests in vineyards. This combination of strategies …

Biopesticides are very effective in the agricultural pest control without causing serious harm
to ecological chain or worsening environmental pollution. The research and development of …

Maize-based cropping systems (MBCSs), with different frequency of maize in the crop
sequence, are common in European arable systems. Pesticide use differs according to the …

Highest extinction risk and consequently biodiversity loss are predicted to occur in
invertebrates, specifically insects, and these declines are expected to cascade onto …

This article analyses interdependencies in the agri-food system; it focuses on the
relationships between agri-supply and agricultural production markets, based on a case …

As part of a USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative project to enhance biological control
(BC) in western US orchard systems, we surveyed walnut growers in California and pear …

Drawing from a four-year study of US science institutions that support biological control of
arthropods, this article examines the decline in biological control institutional capacity in …

Ecological theory on predator–prey interactions and an understanding of how environmental
factors affect predator dispersal and host finding is foundational to biological control of …

The effectiveness of non-prey food items, such as pollen, honeydew, and microbes, in
maintaining phytoseiid mite populations is widely accepted. However, the availability of such …