Effects of flower attractiveness and nectar availability in field margins on biological control by parasitoids

By F. Bianchi, Felix L. Wäckers. 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science

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Attractiveness of common insectary and harvestable floral resources to beneficial insects (2011, background): “The plants tested by Frank et al. (2008) also did not show any differences in numbers of spiders.”
Assessing risks and benefits of floral supplements in conservation biological control (2010, background): “Under field conditions, the presence of flowers may (locally) increase the abundance of beneficial insects (White et al. 1995; Patt et al. 1997; Bianchi and Wäckers 2008) and rates of parasitism (Stephens et al.”
Agroecosystem management and biotic interactions: a review (2011, background): “Indeed, several studies have demonstrated that semi-natural habitat patches adjacent to arable fields affect top-down control (Bianchi and Wäckers 2008; Olson and Wäckers 2007).”
Biological Control of Insect Pests in Agroecosystems: Effects of Crop Management, Farming Systems, and Seminatural Habitats at the Landscape Scale: A Review (2010, background): “Bianchi et al. (2006), in a review, tested the hypothesis that biological control of herbivores is enhanced in complex landscapes with a high proportion of seminatural habitats.”
Secondary plants used in biological control: A review (2012, background): “This indicates that the mere presence of flowering plants in an agroecosystem is not sufficient to guarantee the efficiency of insectary plants (Wäckers 2004; Bianchi and Wäckers 2008).”
The impact of adult diet on parasitoid reproductive performance (2017, background): “Schmale et al. (2001) reported no differences in fecundity for the pteromalid parasitoids D. basalis and A. calandrae, as well as for the braconid H. prosopidis, three putative hymenopteran parasitoids of Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) when fed on sugarcane or without food…”