Introduction The term pest includes pathogens, weeds, nematodes, mollusks, arthropods, and vertebrates. One category of pests does not occur in the absence of pests in other categories, yet most IPM systems are designed around a single category of pest. For full implementation of IPM it is essential that all categories of pests be managed in an integrated manner. Allowances for the interactions...

To date, direct interactions between pests and natural enemies are often considered in biocontrol programs. Recently there has been an increase of evidence for the importance third-party mediated indirect determining population dynamics insects. Predicting strength such remains a central challenge assessments. Here, two field experiments were performed years to investigate which extent Dysaphis...

Methyl bromide (MB) as a fumigant for Quarantine and Pre-shipment (QPS) could offer eradication of target pests within shorter fumigation period and without phytotoxicity. Therefore, unlike MB alternatives for soil fumigation, there is no ideally MB alternative fumigant for QPS purpose, particularly for perishable commodities. It is critically important that within shorter fumigation time requi...

Aphids are among the most serious insect pests of agricultural crops in the world. They often have specific hosts, and the cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) is a specialist on Cruciferae. It has previously been described that certain insects contain the enzyme myrosinase (EC 3.2.3.1), which is considered an important defence enzyme of crucifers. Myrosinase was purified to homogeneity from c...

Plants confront to various encounters involving diverse attackers amongst which aphids contribute to large amount of agricultural losses. GNA (Galanthus nivalis) domain containing monocot lectins (GNA-MLs) have received prominence as insecticidal candidates in pest management programs effective against hemipteran sap suckers. Present article provides an update on the effects and outcome of mole...

It is the abundance of many aphids that makes them such serious pests. Therefore, it is important for aphid pest management to have a good understanding of their population dynamics both in terms of theory and practice. Although this aspect of aphid biology is well studied, there has been a lack of long-term studies of the population dynamics of aphids living on herbaceous plants, including cro...

Agent-based models (ABM) are ideal tools to deal with the complexity of pest invasion throughout agricultural socio-ecological systems, yet very few studies have applied them in such context. In this work we developed an ABM that simulates interactions between farmers and an invasive insect pest in an agricultural landscape of the tropical Andes. Our specific aims were to use the model 1) to as...