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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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    Epidemiology and Population Dynamics: Modelisation, Monitoring and Management

    Understanding how populations of microbial pathogens and arthropod pests develop over time is critical for timely and effective intervention to control disease epidemics and pest infestations in agricultural p...

    Geneviève Marchand, Philippe C. Nicot in Integrated Pest and Disease Management in … (2020)

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    Pre-planting inoculation for early establishment of Dicyphus bolivari and D. errans on tomatoes

    Slow establishment and risks of plant damage are major constraints for the use of the predatory mirid bugs that are commercially available for release in greenhouse crops. Therefore, a new interest has turned ...

    Filipe Madeira, Eva Edo, Samuel Sossai, Joan Callizo, Ramon Albajes in BioControl (2019)

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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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    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)