Simple Summary Biological control has been the most commonly researched control tactic
within fruit fly management programs, and parasitoids have been the main natural enemies …

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 …

Conservation biological control (CBC) is a sustainable approach to pest management that
can contribute to a reduction in pesticide use as part of an Integrated Pest Management …

Conserving natural enemies has become the cornerstone for sustainable pest management.
Conservation is often attained through habitat manipulation in order to create suitable …

In conservation biological control (CBC), we attempt to reduce pest problems by increasing
the abundance and diversity of the natural enemy community. However, rather than …

Intraguild predation is thought to be ubiquitous in natural food webs. Yet, theory on intraguild
predation predicts the intraguild prey to persist only under limited conditions. This gap …

As an effective generalist predator of aphids and other hemipteran pests H. axyridis has
been a successful biological control agent. However, the very functional traits that have …

Conservation biological control (CBC) seeks to promote the occurrence of natural enemies
of agricultural pests by managing habitat to provide key resources in and around farm fields …

Abstract Agricultural landscapes in North America have developed through complex
interactions of biophysical, socioeconomic and technological forces. While they can be …

Understanding how arthropod pests and their natural enemies interact in complex
agroecosystems is essential for pest management programmes. Theory predicts that prey …