BACKGROUND: The spread of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis
(Pergande)(Thysanoptera: Thripidae), resulted in the worldwide destabilization of …

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

In spite of being a major vector for several domestic, medical, and veterinary pests, the
control aspect of the common housefly, Musca domestica L.(Diptera: Muscidae) is often …

Augmentative biological control in protected crops relies mainly on omnivorous predators.
Their performance as biological control agents (BCA) depends on several characteristics of …

Abstract Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) are major pests in horticulture worldwide.
Longstanding biological control strategies that have been developed for flower thrips such …

Bean flower thrips, Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall)(Thysanoptera: Thripidae), is a serious
pest of cowpea in Hainan province, China. In this study, the predation functional response …

We assessed effects of parental exposure to Beauveria bassiana on life history traits of
subsequent generations of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) …

Today, the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)(Thysanoptera:
Thripidae) is one of the most significant agricultural pests globally because of the damage it …

Abstract Frankliniella spp.(Thysanoptera: Thripidae) thrips damage a variety of crops, feed
on a broad range of hosts, and often migrate into cropping systems from adjacent …

The interactions between two natural enemies (NEs) were studied in a tritrophic system to
evaluate the efficacy of simultaneous releases of a parasitoid, Lysiphlebus fabarum Marshal …