Several species of flower thrips, including the Florida flower thrips {Frankliniella bispinosa (Morgan)}, Western flower thrips {F. occidentalis (Pergande)}, Eastern flower thrips {F. tritici (Fitch)}, and Scritothrips ruthveni Shull, have recently become known as pests of cultivated blueberries (Spiers et al. 2004). The three Franklinella species are pests of both rabbiteye and southern highbu...

Severe large-scale diseases in agricultural regions have caused significant economic damage. In order to improve crop yields, we develop a framework to predict the occurrence of crop diseases. In the presence of risk and uncertainty, this paper focuses on finding out the best pest control decisionmaking program which is based on the Bayesian network. The paper describes the flowchart of a Bayes...

Loss in seed yield and therefore decrease in plant fitness due to simultaneous attacks by multiple herbivores is not necessarily additive, as demonstrated in evolutionary studies on wild plants. However, it is not clear how this transfers to crop plants that grow in very different conditions compared to wild plants. Nevertheless, loss in crop seed yield caused by any single pest is most often s...

Wild ungulates are a major consumer of agricultural crops in human dominated landscapes. Across Europe, ungulate populations leading to intensified human-wildlife conflicts. At the same time, play vital role structuring and functioning ecosystems, highly appreciated for recreational hunting. Thus, managers often face challenge maintaining benefits having thriving while simultaneously minimizing...

The leafminer Liriomyza huidobrensis Blanchard is considered a key pest for potatoes in Argentina. Population dynamics and leaf damage caused by the leafminer on seven selected potato processing varieties were assessed at Balcarce during the 2002 and 2003 growing seasons. Adult population dynamic was monitored using yellow sticky traps, while leaf damage (punctures and mines) was assessed using...

Increasing numbers of previously threatened large grazing birds (cranes, geese and swans) are causing crop damage along their flyways worldwide. For example, the number of reported incidents of crop damage caused by common cranes Grus grus, followed by regulated inspections and governmental compensation in Sweden, has increased over the last few decades and was valued at 200,000 Euros in 2012. ...