Pesticides are noxious organic and inorganic compounds used to kill or restrict the
population expansion of harmful organisms. Pesticides have been used for a long period to …

Many plants are extremely plastic in their vegetative and life-history traits, allowing them to
deal with a variety of environmental conditions during their lifetime. However, in our …

Insect pests and pollinators can interact directly and indirectly to affect crop production;
however, impacts of these interactions on marketable yield are little known. Thus, the …

The broad bean beetle (Bruchus rufimanus Boh.) is a serious pest of faba bean (Vicia faba
L.) that threatens seed production in times of an increased demand for faba bean seeds due …

Insect pollinators provide important crop pollination services but are declining in response to
lack of diverse flower resources and exposure to pesticides. Despite increasing evidence …

Bruchus rufimanus, a univoltine seed weevil (bruchid), can cause severe seed yield and
quality losses in faba beans restricting crop profitability and expansion. Chemical insecticide …

The “emerging contaminants”(ECs) are predominantly unregulated anthropogenic
chemicals that occur in air, soil, water, food, and plant/animal tissues in trace concentrations …

[eng] Invasive non-native species are major drivers of biodiversity loss, particularly on island
ecosystems where endemicity rates are high and food webs simplified compared to the …

Invasive non-native species are major drivers of biodiversity loss, particularly on island
ecosystems where endemicity rates are high and food webs simplified compared to the …

Place and date: Tartu, 2022 Due to the expansion of area under the cultivation of broad
bean (Vicia faba L.) in Estonia, the population of the broad bean weevil (Bruchus rufimanus …