Cowpea extrafloral nectar has potential to provide ecosystem services lost in agricultural intensification and support native parasitoids that suppress the wheat stem sawfly.
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DOI: 10.1093/jee/toad083
Abstract: The native parasitoids Bracon cephi (Gahan) and B. lissogaster Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reduce populations of Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae), a native grassland species, and major wheat pest on the Northern Great Plains of North… read more here.
Keywords: extrafloral nectar; wheat; egg load; native parasitoids ... See more keywords
Identification, Microhabitat, and Ecological Niche Prediction of Two Promising Native Parasitoids of Tuta absoluta in Kenya
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DOI: 10.3390/insects13060496
Abstract: Simple Summary Since the arrival of Tuta absoluta, a multivoltine insect species whose larvae develop in leaves, fruits, flowers, buds, and stems of tomatoes, producers are facing one of its biggest production challenges. The pest… read more here.
Keywords: absoluta kenya; tuta absoluta; native parasitoids; japonicus ... See more keywords