Does "enemy-free space" exist? Experimental host shifts of an herbivorous...

Ecology;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......interactions between the herbivore and its natural enemies, via enemy-free space, than of host...hypothesis is scant (Berdegue et al. 1996). Natural enemies have long been recognized as important...populations (Hairston et al. 1960). Natural enemies could be important in molding ...

Inflorescence Damage by Insects and Fungi in Native Pili Grass...

Pacific Science;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......their release from natural enemies. We compared rates...by insects and fungal pathogens in an alien invader...less damage from natural enemies. Inflorescences...infection. No fungal pathogens were noted on...low impact of natural enemies on seed ...

China Boosts Natural Killers of Forest Pests (2)

Xinhua News Agency;  April 27, 2002 ;     194 words ......center released some 38 million various natural enemies of forest pests. Tao Wanqiang, head...that controlling pests with their natural enemies had achieved good results in some...the moths. However, in 1998 after natural enemies of the white moths were released into...

HEBEI KILLS VEGETABLE PESTS BY BREEDING NATURAL ENEMIES

AsiaInfo Services;  April 22, 2004 ;     196 words ......Kills Vegetable Pests by Breeding Natural Enemies HEBEI, Apr 22, 2004 (SinoCast via...vegetable pests by breeding their natural enemies, which replaces the pesticide. By...April 15). The parasitic rate of the natural enemies of the pests is above85 averagely...

The UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management project publishes...

University Wire;  August 18, 1998 ;     503 words ......fingers and pick up the new, informative Natural Enemies Handbook. You may find out that the...really your best outdoor buddy. The Natural Enemies Handbook, created by the efforts and...readers find, identify and utilize natural enemies to control pests in almost any agricultural...

Quantifying aphid predation rates of generalist predators in the field

European Journal of Entomology;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......prior to the arrival of specialist natural enemies. Although direct observations of predation...INTRODUCTION The role of generalist natural enemies in biological control and their interactions...strata and are attacked by a range of natural enemies (pathogens, parasitoids and ...

Letter: Time to protect the tsetse fly

The Independent - London;  May 21, 1996 ;     238 words ......right to eradicate what he calls "natural enemies" like the tsetse fly. There are thousands...placed in Mr Schoon's classification "natural enemies". Should we destroy them too? In an...nature's game when we destroy our "natural enemies" there is no hope for the future...

Fly from Amazon jungle could be next weapon against water weed.

M2 Presswire;  March 2, 2000 ;     700+ words ......latest step to building a new team of natural enemies to stop water-hyacinth, a nasty aquatic...Biological control with insects and other natural enemies, such as fungi, is essential to a...But having a more diverse crew of natural enemies should increase our success against...

`Wait and see' on aphids.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  May 25, 2004 ;     185 words ......The good news is that the aphid's natural enemies have also benefited, and could be...situation develop and see if the various natural enemies do the job for you. If this threshold...and tip the balance in favour of the natural enemies. Grain aphids feed on leaves and ears...

'Wait and see' on aphids.(Farming)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  May 25, 2004 ;     185 words ......The good news is that the aphid's natural enemies have also benefited, and could be...situation develop and see if the various natural enemies do the job for you. If this threshold...and tip the balance in favour of the natural enemies. Grain aphids feed on leaves and ears...

Cereal aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) in Serbia: Seasonal dynamics and...

European Journal of Entomology;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......record over 60 species of cereal aphid natural enemies, including primary and secondary parasitoids...life cycles, agrotechnical practices, natural enemies) (Vickerman & Wratten, 1979; Dean...quality, dispersal efficiency and natural enemies (Mann et al., 1995; Roitberg et al...

Tasty generalists and nasty specialists? Antipredator mechanisms in...

Ecology;  July 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......tritrophic interactions and the effects of natural enemies on plants and invertebrate herbivores...defenses that herbivores use against natural enemies (reviewed by Witz 1990), but many...related to the roles of top-down (natural enemies; Brower 1958, Bernays and Graham 1988...

(book reviews)

Whole Earth;  September 22, 1999 ;     287 words ...NATURAL ENEMIES HANDBOOK An Illustrated Guide to Biological...trying. Here's a list of chapter contents: Natural Enemies Are Your Allies; Biological Pest Control Quick Guide; Natural Enemies of Plant Pathogens; ... of Nematodes...

Doubt Cast on Theory of Tropical Forest Diversity.

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  June 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ......findings that, as in the tropics, natural enemies play a role in promoting diversity...might also depend on preserving the natural enemies of trees. In an article in the June...species, there is a concentration of natural enemies -- for example pathogens or predators...

Introducing barley as aphid reservoir in sweet-pepper greenhouses: Effects...

European Journal of Entomology;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......provision of alternative prey for natural enemies. One example is the "banker plants...measures include inoculative releases of natural enemies, beginning early in the crop season...this strategy is to establish such natural enemies in the crop in advance of pest invasion...