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    Banker plants and landscape composition influence colonisation precocity of tomato greenhouses by mirid predators

    Conservation biological control involves manipulation of the environment to enhance the effectiveness of natural enemies in controlling crop pests. In this study, we combined historical data, sticky trap sampl...

    Agnès Ardanuy, Martí Figueras, Montserrat Matas, Judit Arnó in Journal of Pest Science (2022)

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    Land use alters the abundance of herbivore and predatory insects on crops: the case of alfalfa

    We assess the effects of changing land use and crop management on alfalfa insect abundance by comparing it in 50 alfalfa fields when they were inserted in landscapes with different proportions of arable crops ...

    Filipe Madeira, Gemma Clemente-Orta, Oscar Alomar, Ivan Batuecas in Journal of Pest Science (2022)

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    Innate and Learned Prey-Searching Behavior in a Generalist Predator

    Early colonization by Zyginidia scutellaris leafhoppers might be a key factor in the attraction and settling of generalist predators, such as Orius spp., in maize fields. In this paper, we aimed to determine whet...

    Agnès Ardanuy, Ramon Albajes, Ted C. J. Turlings in Journal of Chemical Ecology (2016)

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    Mating behaviour of female Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): polyandry increases reproductive output

    Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is an important pest of tomato. Mass trap** of males has seldom proved an effective control measure, probably due to the pest’s reproductive biology. There are few studi...

    Marina S. Lee, Ramon Albajes, Matilde Eizaguirre in Journal of Pest Science (2014)

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    Response of Mythimna unipuncta Males to Components of the Sesamia nonagrioides Pheromone

    Several sympatric lepidopteran species feed on maize plants, and the different components of their species-specific female sex pheromones may play a role in attracting conspecifics and/or deter heterospecific ...

    Matilde Eizaguirre, Carmen López, Albert Sans, Dolors Bosch in Journal of Chemical Ecology (2009)

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    Pheromone Antagonism in the European Corn Borer Moth Ostrinia nubilalis

    Mixing the sex pheromones of the Mediterranean corn borer, Sesamia nonagrioides, and the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, results in significantly lower captures of O. nubilalis when compared to traps loa...

    César Gemeno, Albert Sans, Carmen López, Ramon Albajes in Journal of Chemical Ecology (2006)

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    Insect and Mite Pests

    Henrik F. Brødsgaard, Ramon Albajes in Integrated Pest and Disease Management in … (1999)

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    Principles of Epidemiology, Population Biology, Damage Relationships and Integrated Control of Diseases and Pests

    Aleid J. Dik, Ramon Albajes in Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Greenhouse Crops (1999)

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    Current and Potential use of Polyphagous Predators

    Ramon Albajes, Òscar Alomar in Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Greenhouse Crops (1999)

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    Setting the Stage: Characteristics of Protected Cultivation and Tools for Sustainable Crop Protection

    M. Lodovica Gullino, Ramon Albajes in Integrated Pest and Disease Management in … (1999)