Crop losses to arthropods

TW Culliney - Integrated Pest Management: Pesticide Problems, Vol …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Arthropods destroy an estimated 18–26% of annual crop production worldwide, at a
value of more than 470billion.Thegreaterproportionoflosses(13–16%)occursinthefield …

Current status of the main olive pests: Useful integrated pest management strategies and genetic tools

E Lantero, B Matallanas, C Callejas - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mediterranean olive cultivation faces challenges in the global environmental change
context. Pests and diseases caused by arthropods such as Bactrocera oleae, Prays oleae …

Low-cost IoT remote sensor mesh for large-scale orchard monitorization

L Varandas, J Faria, PD Gaspar, ML Aguiar - Journal of Sensor and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Population growth and climate change lead agricultural cultures to face environmental
degradation and rising of resistant diseases and pests. These conditions result in reduced …

Symbiosis in sustainable agriculture: Can olive fruit fly bacterial microbiome be useful in pest management?

T Nobre - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
The applied importance of symbiosis has been gaining recognition. The relevance of
symbiosis has been increasing in agriculture, in developing sustainable practices, including …

Is ground cover vegetation an effective biological control enhancement strategy against olive pests?

D Paredes, L Cayuela, GM Gurr, M Campos - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Ground cover vegetation is often added or allowed to generate to promote conservation
biological control, especially in perennial crops. Nevertheless, there is inconsistent evidence …

Ground cover presence in organic olive orchards affects the interaction of natural enemies against Prays oleae, promoting an effective egg predation

HA Álvarez, R Jiménez-Muñoz, M Morente… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
The olive moth, Prays oleae, is one of the most common insects that damages olives in the
Mediterranean region. The establishment of ground cover within olive orchards has been …

Natural habitat increases natural pest control in olive groves: economic implications

D Paredes, DS Karp, R Chaplin-Kramer, E Benítez… - Journal of Pest …, 2019 - Springer
Natural habitat at the landscape scale can promote biological control of crop pests, but
farmers often regard natural habitat as a cost or a lost economic opportunity. Evaluating the …

Electrospun Micro/Nanofibers as Controlled Release Systems for Pheromones of Bactrocera oleae and Prays oleae

S Kikionis, E Ioannou, M Konstantopoulou… - Journal of chemical …, 2017 - Springer
New systems for the controlled release of 1, 7-dioxaspiro [5.5] undecane and (Z)-7-
tetradecenal, the sex pheromones of olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, and olive moth, Prays …

[HTML][HTML] Prays oleae (Bernard), its potential predators and biocontrol depend on the structure of the surrounding landscape

S Pascual, M Ortega, M Villa - Biological Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Arthropod populations from agricultural fields sometimes depend on the surrounding
landscape structure, both composition and configuration, which affects multiple life-history …

Effect of non-crop vegetation types on conservation biological control of pests in olive groves

D Paredes, L Cayuela, GM Gurr, M Campos - PeerJ, 2013 - peerj.com
Conservation biological control (CBC) is an environmentally sound potential alternative to
the use of chemical insecticides. It involves modifications of the environment to promote …