To combat climate change, farmers must innovate through ecological intensification to boost
food production, increase resilience to weather extremes, and shrink the carbon footprint of …

Several pests and diseases have grapevine as their favourite host and the vineyard as
preferred environment, so an intensive pesticide schedule is usually required to meet …

In modern agricultural landscapes, many organisms providing ecosystem services such as
pollination and natural pest control are likely constrained by shortage of nectar and/or pollen …

Feeding on Non-Prey Resources by Natural Enemies Moshe Coll Reports on the
consumption of non-prey food sources, particularly plant materials, by predators and …

Biological pest control in greenhouse crops is usually based on periodical releases of mass-
produced natural enemies, and this method has been successfully applied for decades …

Plants can respond to feeding or egg deposition by herbivorous arthropods by changing the
volatile blend that they emit. These herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) can attract …

There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the simplification of land uses
associated with a strong dependence on agrochemical inputs is decreasing environmental …

Among herbivorous insects with a complete metamorphosis the larval and adult stages
usually differ considerably in their nutritional requirements and food ecology. Often, feeding …

Plants secrete extrafloral nectar (EFN) as an induced defense against herbivores. EFN
contains not only carbohydrates and amino acids but also pathogenesis-related proteins …

Conservation biological control (CBC) aims at improving the efficacy of natural enemies and
can contribute to safer and more effective biological control practices. Considerable …