Enhancing pest control in annual crops by conservation of predatory Heteroptera

Perdikis, D.; Fantinou, Argyro A.; Lykouressis, D. P.

doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.03.014

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“…from neighbouring wild flora, and these spontaneously occurring predators can even out compete populations of released O. laevigatus (Bosco et al 2008). In many studies, it has been suggested that conservation biological control with generalist predators can be enhanced by planting suitable non-crop plants near greenhouses either to support migration into the crop or to provide a refuge when greenhouse crops are harvested and plants removed (Perdikis et al 2011). As with predators, greenhouse surroundings may also contribute to the migration of parasitoids into greenhouses (Gerling et al 2001).…”

Section: Conservation Of Naturally-occurring Natural Enemies In Greenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In fact, such background biocontrol can help make augmentative releases economical (Gerling et al 2001). In the Mediterranean region, generalist mirid predators often migrate from outdoor non-crop plants into tomato greenhouses, where they contribute to the control of important pests such as whiteflies, leaf miners and Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) Perdikis et al 2011;Ingegno et al 2013). The natural presence of predatory bugs in tomato greenhouses seems to be strongly related to the surrounding landscape.…”

Section: Conservation Of Naturally-occurring Natural Enemies In Greenmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Approaches to conserving natural enemy populations in greenhouse crops: current methods and future prospects

Messelink¹,

Bennison

Alomar³

et al. 2014

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Biological pest control in greenhouse crops is usually based on periodical releases of mass-produced natural enemies, and this method has been successfully applied for decades. However, in some cases there are shortcomings in pest control efficacy, which often can be attributed to the poor establishment of natural enemies. Their establishment and population numbers can be enhanced by providing additional resources, such as alternative food, prey, hosts, oviposition sites or shelters. Furthermore, natural enemy efficacy can be enhanced by using volatiles, adapting the greenhouse climate, avoiding pesticide side-effects and minimizing disrupting food web complexities. The special case of high value crops in a protected greenhouse environment offers tremendous opportunities to design and manage the system in ways that increase crop resilience to pest infestations. While we have outlined opportunities and tools to develop such systems, this review also identifies knowledge gaps, where additional research is needed to optimize these tools.

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Section: Conservation Of Naturally-occurring Natural Enemies In Greenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conservation Of Naturally-occurring Natural Enemies In Greenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Approaches to conserving natural enemy populations in greenhouse crops: current methods and future prospects

Messelink¹,

Bennison

Alomar³

et al. 2014

BioControl

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131

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“…In an early study, Tilman et al (1996) showed that plant productivity increased with plant species richness. Similarly, predator diversity strengthens pest control of either single or multiple species of prey (Snyder et al, 2008;Takizawa and Snyder, 2011) and plant diversity can have beneficial effects on pest control by encouraging the natural enemies of crop pests, either because non-crop plants increase the number and diversity of enemies (Perdikis et al, 2011) or because they increase the number of links in the food (or interaction) webs. In this second case, an increased number of links increases the stability of networks including natural enemies, thus reducing the risk of enemy extinction (Macfadyen et al, 2011).…”

Section: Promoting Biodiversity To Ensure Sustainabilitymentioning

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Managing biotic interactions for ecological intensification of agroecosystems

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Agriculture faces the challenge of increasing food production while simultaneously reducing the use of inputs and delivering other ecosystem services. Ecological intensification of agriculture is a paradigm shift, which has recently been proposed to meet such challenges through the manipulation of biotic interactions. While this approach opens up new possibilities, there are many constraints related to the complexity of agroecosystems that make it difficult to implement. Future advances, which are essential to guide agricultural policy, require an eco-evolutionary framework to ensure that ecological intensification is beneficial in the long term.

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“…The native of the Mediterranean region polyphagous predator Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur) and the cosmopolitan predator Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter) (Heteroptera: Miridae) may highly contribute to the control of whiteflies and other greenhouse pests on tomatoes (Albajes and Alomar 1999, Perdikis et al 2011, Itou et al 2012. For this reason, studies on the potential of both predators to control T. absoluta were prioritized.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Pre-plant release enhanced the earlier establishment of Nesidiocoris tenuis in open field tomato

Perdikis

Arvaniti

Paraskevopoulos

et al. 2017

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The invasive pest of the tomato crops, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), soon after its establishment became a major problem of outdoor and greenhouse tomato crops across the Mediterranean countries. The pre-plant release of the predator Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter) (Heteroptera: Miridae) has been found to substantially contribute to its establishment on the crop and efficient control of T. absoluta in greenhouses. The aim of the current study was to assess whether the pre-plant release of N. tenuis could contribute to its earlier establishment. It was concluded that the release of N. tenuis in the nursery contributed substantially in the earlier increase of its numbers in the field in comparison to the control plots. The native populations of M. pygmaeus appeared on the tomato plants before the native populations of N. tenuis. Thus, the conservation of both predators should be taken into consideration in the integrated management strategies against T. absoluta. Therefore, the application of this method in open field tomato crop enhances the earlier establishment of N. tenuis and should be further evaluated in the control of T. absoluta.

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Enhancing pest control in annual crops by conservation of predatory Heteroptera

Cited by 110 publications

References 85 publications

Approaches to conserving natural enemy populations in greenhouse crops: current methods and future prospects

Approaches to conserving natural enemy populations in greenhouse crops: current methods and future prospects

Managing biotic interactions for ecological intensification of agroecosystems

Pre-plant release enhanced the earlier establishment of Nesidiocoris tenuis in open field tomato

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