While many pesticides are detrimental to human health and the environment, drastically
reducing their use and risks in agriculture has been set as a key target for global …

Floral resources are increasingly used in conservation biological control to support natural
enemies of insect pests. However, the dietary value of floral resources in supporting …

Wildflower strips and biodiversity-friendly management are promoted as ways of enhancing
biodiversity and natural pest control in agroecosystems. Their efficacy for providing …

Simple Summary Functional plants can be deployed at the field, farm, and landscape scale,
where they are beneficial to natural enemies, thus contributing to improved pest control. To …

Non-crop plants are important for the fitness and abundance of coccinellids in conservation
biological control. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the impact of four frequently …

Intraguild predation (IGP)–the predation of a natural enemy species upon another one
sharing a prey species–is relatively frequent in both natural and agroecosystems. This may …

Herbivore induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) are key components of plant-herbivorous-natural
enemies communications. Indeed, plants respond to herbivores feeding by releasing HIPVs …

Aphids are among the most destructive phytophagous pests of host plants, because of their
rapid reproduction, parthenogenesis, extensive crop damage, and the transmission of many …

Adult aphid predators disperse across the landscape seasonally in search of prey
aggregations that are patchily distributed and temporally variable. However, flight is …

Predaceous ladybeetles are highly polyphagous predators that ingest supplementary food
from flowering plants. Flowering plants widely grown in agroecosystems can sustain multiple …