The control strategies for the olive crop key pest, Bactrocera oleae, involve synthetic chemical insecticides and few eco-sustainable alternatives, such as ovideterrents lures. In last decades, interest concerning formulation of botanical based biopesticides increased, but little research investigated suitability these approaches B. oleae control. This aimed to investigate residual contact toxi...

A 28-year study (1970-1997) of olive trees grown in Granada (southern Spain) has revealed the levels of attack by the olive moth (Prays oleae Bern.), as well as the beneficial action of oophagous predators (Chrysopidae). On the basis of the results, the damage caused by the moth has been divided into three categories, and the yield and economic losses have been evaluated. When the final attack ...

Arthropod populations from agricultural fields sometimes depend on the surrounding landscape structure, both composition and configuration, which affects multiple life-history traits of arthropods such as resources for survival, dispersion or death risk (e.g., predation parasitism). Moreover, effect may vary with distance to crop, depending factors organism requirements capabilities. This work ...

The Cellular Automata model FlySim was developed for simulating life and reproduction cycles of olive fruit flies (Bactrocera Oleae) and their behaviour, especially when they infest olive (Olea europaea) groves. This serious agricultural problem can be partially tackled in many ways, but not all the methods look sustainable, e.g., by using chemical agents at the first signs of the infestation. ...