Ralstonia solanacearum (RS) wilt is a soil-borne devastating disease that causes enormous loss to patchouli in tropical and subtropical areas of Asia.......
Long-term cold storage is a commonly used technique in mass rearing of natural enemies, but it brings a diversity of negative effects, especially for ......
The effects of plant volatiles on parasitoids are important with regards to the tri-trophic interactions among host plants, insect herbivores, and the......
Phytoseiid mites frequently experience stress under changing or fluctuating environments especially in hot and dry agroecosystems. The mitogen-activat......
Blue mold decay is the one of most important postharvest disease of apples caused by the fungus, Penicillium expansum. This study aimed to investigate......
The impact of predatory or parasitic natural enemies on their pest prey or hosts arises not only through consumption but also through non-consumptive ......
The entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana, is capable of infecting pest mites, while the effect on different mite stages has rarely been reporte......
In augmentative biocontrol, more generalists are being investigated for their potential in pest control. Although other food sources such as supplemen......
Soil-borne pathogens severely reduce the agricultural yield of peanuts. Accordingly, the application of biocontrol agents for plant disease management......
Harmonia axyridis Pallas (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is an invasive generalist predator, which has been used as a biological model to investigate seve......
Late blight caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans is the major yield-threatening disease in potato production. An isolate of the photosyntheti......
The fall armyworm (FAW,Spodoptera frugiperda) is an important polyphagous insect pest in many crops. This highly invasive pest species originates from......
Spodoptera frugiperda(J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), an invasive pest, was identified in China in early 2019. This pest is a serious threat to ......
The application value ofPseudomonas protegensin agriculture has been widely studied, but the manufacturing processes used to produceP.protegenslimits ......
In China, the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea, causes enormous losses. The potential of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) to control pest insects has been d......
