Simple Summary Declines in insects, including pollinators, are leading to public pressure for
governments and landowners to intervene. Although integrated pest management, used to …

Restoring ecosystem services in agriculture is vital to reach a sustainable food production.
More specifically, developing farming practices which enhance biological pest control is a …

Agricultural production finds itself in an area of tension. As a critical infrastructure, it has the
task of reliably feeding a growing global population and supplying it with energy. However …

Flower strips are a fundamental part of agri‐environment schemes (AESs) introduced by the
European Union to counteract the loss of biodiversity and related ecosystem services in …

Description of the subject. To counteract environmental problems due to agricultural
intensification, European farmers can apply agri-environmental schemes in their fields …

The decline of pollinators in agricultural areas has been observed for some decades, this
being partly due to landscape simplification in intensive agrosystems. Diversifying …

Reducing the use of insecticides is an important issue for agriculture today. Sowing
wildflower strips along field margins or within crops represents a promising tool to support …

Intensification of agriculture has been one of the major drivers for biodiversity loss in recent
decades. Pollinators, which serve an important role in pollinating crops as well as wild …

In order to increase biodiversity in cultivated areas, the implementation of agri-
environmental programs is proposed, including interventions and eco-schemes. Flower …

In agricultural fields, wildflower strips can be sown to enhance conservation biological
control of insect pests. However, issues remain regarding the composition of flower mixtures …