Crop plants exhibit a wide diversity of defensive traits and strategies to protect themselves
from damage by herbivorous pests and disease. These defensive traits may be naturally …

Phytoseiidae mites are efficient predators, able to control pest mites and small arthropods in
crops all over the world, using three biological control strategies:(i) augmentation,(ii) …

Evaluations of possible impacts of insecticides on natural enemies are highly relevant in
integrated pest management (IPM) programs. Because of the intensive use of neonicotinoid …

Comparative investigation of the characteristics related to prey consumption, reproductive
rate and searching capacity among predators, which remain largely unexplored, could yield …

Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) is a predatory mite employed for biological control of the
agricultural pest Tetranychus urticae (Koch). We explored whether environmental …

Simple Summary Spodoptera litura (Fabricius)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a notorious and
polyphagous pest of several economically important agricultural crops. It is worldwide in …

Abstract Raoiella indica Hirst (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) is a phytophagous mite that recently
invaded the Western Hemisphere. This mite is a multivoltine and gregarious species that …

The performance of herbivores, natural enemies and their interactions may be affected
directly or indirectly by host plant traits, eg the physical plant characteristics may influence …

Slovenia is a small country of Central Europe. Until recently, only limited surveys had been
carried out of the Phytoseiidae fauna. The occurrence of 14 species had been documented …

Lady beetles are among the most successful predators of aphids in different environments.
The functional responses of different life stages of Hippodamia variegata (Goeze) towards …