This document provides the conclusions of pest survey card that was prepared in context EFSA mandate on plant surveillance (M-2020-0114) at request European Commission. The full for non-EU Tephritidae affecting Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae is published available online following link will be updated whenever new information becomes available: https://efsa.europa.eu/plants/planthealth/monitoring...

Agronomic intensification has transformed many agricultural landscapes into expansive monocultures with little natural habitat. A pervasive concern is that such landscape simplification results in an increase in insect pest pressure, and thus an increased need for insecticides. We tested this hypothesis across a range of cropping systems in the Midwestern United States, using remotely sensed la...

Aphids are a major concern in agricultural crops worldwide, and control by natural enemies is an essential component of the ecological intensification of agriculture. Although the complexity of agricultural landscapes is known to influence natural enemies of pests, few studies have measured the degree of pest control by different enemy guilds across gradients in landscape complexity. Here, we u...

Pesticides including insecticides and miticides are primarily used to regulate arthropod (insect and mite) pest populations in agricultural and horticultural crop production systems. However, continual reliance on pesticides may eventually result in a number of potential ecological problems including resistance, secondary pest outbreaks, and/or target pest resurgence [1,2]. Therefore, implement...

adult boring the surface of fir trunk infested with wood wasp larvae. (Photo: Boris Hrasovec, Faculty of Forestry, Bugwood.org) The IAEA’s support to Member States in the field of insect pest control has mainly focused on the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), which is a type of insect birth control, where mass reared and systematically released sterile males of the target pest insect mate with wi...

In 1997 corn, cotton and potato cultivars that produce insecticidal proteins were grown on more than five million acres of US farmland. The acreage dedicated to these cultivars is likely to increase dramatically in the next twoto-five years. The use of these cultivars decreases the use of broad spectrum insecticides, especially in cotton and potato production. The toxin gene is derived from the...

This document provides the conclusions of pest survey card that was prepared in context EFSA mandate on plant surveillance (M-2020-0114) at request European Commission. The full for non-EU Tephritidae affecting citrus is published and available online following link will be updated whenever new information becomes available: https://efsa.europa.eu/plants/planthealth/monitoring/surveillance/teph...

Fertilization levels for ornamental crops may influence pest population dynamics, crop quality, and pest management strategy. We examined the effect of fertilization on population growth and within-plant distribution of melon or cotton aphid, Aphis gossypiiGlover, on potted chrysanthemum, Dendranthema grandiflora (Tzvelev). In terms of pest management implications, we also investigated the effe...

This document provides the conclusions of pest survey card that was prepared in context EFSA mandate on plant surveillance (M-2020-0114) at request European Commission. The full for non-EU Tephritidae affecting stems and/or leaves cereals and vegetables is published available online following link will be updated whenever new information becomes available: https://efsa.europa.eu/plants/planthea...

This document provides the conclusions of pest survey card that was prepared in context EFSA mandate on plant surveillance (M-2020-0114) at request European Commission. The full for non-EU Tephritidae affecting tropical and subtropical fruits is published available online Plant Pest Survey Cards Gallery following link will be updated whenever new information becomes available: https://efsa.euro...