The history and recent developments of conservation biological control (CBC) in the context
of industrialized and small-scale agriculture are discussed from theoretical framework …

To attain sustainable agricultural crop protection, tools such as host plant resistance,
enhanced ecosystem services (ie conserving natural enemies) and the deployment of …

Simple Summary Intercropping apple trees with aromatic plants is a way to attract natural
enemies and strengthen biological control services. However, the effects of aromatic plants …

Botanical insecticides offer an environmentally benign insect pest management option for
field crops with reduced impacts on natural enemies of pests and pollinators while …

Simple Summary Morphological diversity and species richness provide insights into
biodiversity and have been studied extensively in recent years. Most researchers have …

The silverleaf whitefly MEAM1 (Bemisia tabaci) Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), the
cowpea aphid (Aphis craccivora Koch), the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae Sulzer) and …

The push–pull cropping system can be a promising alternative for reducing pests by
increasing and maintaining their natural enemies in different farming configurations …

Simple Summary Bean production by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa is
frequently constrained by insect pests, two of the most serious being Maruca vitrata and …

Aphids are worldwide pests, and in South America, they harm many crops including winter
cereals. In the 1970s, the rapid expansion of the wheat crop area in the subtropical region of …

Aphidius colemani (Viereck) was reported in Brazil before the Biological Control Program of
Wheat Aphids (BCPWA) when Mediterranean genotypes were introduced from France and …