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Supplemental LED lighting improves plant growth without impeding biological control of aphids with parasitoids in a tri-trophic greenhouse system
Artificial lighting, including light-emitting diode (LED) illumination, is increasingly being optimized in protected agricultural systems to maximize...
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Community Functions/Dynamics
How do communities develop through community functions such as succession is being examined here. Factors affecting ecological succession, attainment...
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Volatile Formulation of Mentha spicata Induced Defense Mechanism in Tomato and Suppressed Dam** Off Disease Caused by Pythium aphanidermatum
Volatiles produced by the leaves of medicinal plants are increasingly used as a new plant disease management strategy due to their induction of...
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Contrasting Effects of Grass - Endophyte Chemotypes on a Tri-Trophic Cascade
Systemic grass-endophytes of the genus Epichloë symbiotically infect the above-ground plant parts of many grass species, where they produce alkaloids...
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Key Knowledge Gaps at the Interface of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Planning: A Public Policy Perspective
The review presents a snapshot of thrust areas at the interface of chemical ecology and ecosystem-based planning that have not received adequate...
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Impact of Bt cotton expressing single (Cry1Ac) and dual toxins (Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab) on the fitness of the predator Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi (Esben-Petersen): prey-mediated tri-trophic analysis
Transgenic Bt cotton with genes from soil inhabiting spore forming bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner produces δ-endotoxin for the control of...
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Forest Insect—Plant Interactions
Insects and plants dominate terrestrial ecosystems in terms of both species numbers and biomass. Ecological relationships between insects and plants...
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Polychlorinated Naphthalenes in the Great Lakes
This review examines the sources and occurrence of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in the Great Lakes environment and summarizes current...
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Novel approaches to assess lethal and sublethal effects when evaluating risks of biopesticides toward beneficial arthropod
BackgroundBiopesticides are defined as substances derived from naturally occurring materials (i.e., plants, microorganisms and minerals)...
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Are cysteine, glutathione and phytochelatins responses of Myriophyllum alterniflorum to copper and arsenic stress affected by trophic conditions?
The aim of this article is to study the impact of both copper (Cu 2+ ) and arsenic (As (V)) at 100 µg/L, with each element being combined with trophic...
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Scientometric Analysis of Ecotoxicological Investigations of Xenobiotics in Aquatic Animals
Environmental xenobiotic pollution during the past 40 years has increased quickly, as has living creatures’ consumption of them. It is possible that...
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It is about time: effects of thermal fluctuations resulting from climate change on trophic interactions with a focus on host–parasitoid interactions
Climate change alters many environmental parameters with strong consequences for ecological interactions, from species interactions to community...
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Great Lakes
This chapter reviews the scientific understanding of the concentrations, trends, and cycling of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Great...
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Pentobarbital intoxication as a potential underlying cause for electrocution in a bearded vulture
A bearded vulture ( Gypaetus barbatus ) found dead in northern Spain presented external lesions consistent with electrocution as the cause of death....
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Habitat Loss and Fragmentation in Chaco Forests: A Review of the Responses of Insect Communities and Consequences for Ecosystem Processes
Habitat loss and fragmentation are landscape transformations with profound impacts on biodiversity. Insects are particularly affected by these...
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Plant Volatiles and Their Role in Insect Olfaction
Plant volatiles are the invisible players in the plant-insect co-evolutionary arms race. They are involved in various plant-mediated tri-trophic...
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Biological, ecological and trophic features of invasive mosquitoes and other hematophagous arthropods: What makes them successful?
Invasive hematophagous arthropods threaten planetary health by vectoring a growing diversity of pathogens and parasites which cause diseases. Efforts...
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Impact of Emerging Contaminant on Farmland Soil
The global focus on emerging contaminants is justified because of their harmful impact on human health and the urgent need to establish regulatory...
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Molecular insight into the endophytic growth of Beauveria bassiana within Phaseolus vulgaris in the presence or absence of Tetranychus urticae
Entomopathogenic fungi are an important factor in the natural regulation of arthropod populations. Moreover, some can exist as an endophyte in many...
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Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr. - POLYPORACEAE
Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr. - POLYPORACEAE