Search Results - "Vollhardt, Ines M.G."
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Diversity of cereal aphid parasitoids in simple and complex landscapes
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-07-2008)“…Structurally complex landscapes may enhance local species richness and interactions, which is possibly due to a higher species pool in complex landscapes. This…”
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Spatial distribution of flower vs. honeydew resources in cereal fields may affect aphid parasitism
Published in Biological control (01-05-2010)“…The potential impact of nectar availability for biological pest control is of increasing relevance due to the disappearance of non-crop plants in intensified…”
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Nectar vs. honeydew feeding by aphid parasitoids: does it pay to have a discriminating palate
Published in Entomologia experimentalis et applicata (01-10-2010)“…As food items can vary in nutrient composition, diet selectivity can be an important trait to optimize nutrition. Most parasitoids depend as adults on various…”
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The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis
Published in Ecology letters (01-10-2020)“…Floral plantings are promoted to foster ecological intensification of agriculture through provisioning of ecosystem services. However, a comprehensive…”
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Facultative bacterial endosymbionts shape parasitoid food webs in natural host populations: A correlative analysis
Published in The Journal of animal ecology (01-09-2018)“…1. Facultative bacterial endosymbionts can protect their aphid hosts from natural enemies such as hymenopteran parasitoids. As such, they have the capability…”
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Influence of plant fertilisation on cereal aphid-primary parasitoid-secondary parasitoid networks in simple and complex landscapes
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-09-2019)“…•Landscape had a lower effect on aphids and their parasitoids than fertilisation.•Fertilisation affected plants positively.•Fertilisation affected aphids and…”
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An effective molecular approach for assessing cereal aphid-parasitoid-endosymbiont networks
Published in Scientific reports (09-06-2017)“…Molecular approaches are increasingly being used to analyse host-parasitoid food webs as they overcome several hurdles inherent to conventional approaches…”
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Evaluation of three molecular markers for identification of European primary parasitoids of cereal aphids and their hyperparasitoids
Published in PloS one (31-05-2017)“…Aphids are major pests of cereal crops and a suite of hymenopteran primary parasitoids play an important role in regulating their populations. However,…”
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Cereal Aphid Parasitoids in Europe (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae): Taxonomy, Biodiversity, and Ecology
Published in Insects (Basel, Switzerland) (12-12-2022)“…Cereals are very common and widespread crops in Europe. Aphids are a diverse group of herbivorous pests on cereals and one of the most important limiting…”
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Hidden in plain sight: phylogeography of an overlooked parasitoid species Trioxys sunnysidensis Fulbright & Pike (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae)
Published in Agricultural and forest entomology (01-08-2019)“…The bird cherry‐oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi is a major cereal pest with an almost cosmopolitan distribution. As one of the main groups of biocontrol agents…”
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