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Biological control and sustainable food production by Bale, J.S, van Lenteren, J.C, Bigler, F

“…The use of biological control for the management of pest insects pre-dates the modern pesticide era. The first major successes in biological control occurred…”
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Assessing risks of releasing exotic biological control agents of arthropod pests by VAN LENTEREN, J. C, BALE, J, BIGLER, F, HOKKANEN, H. M. T, LOOMANS, A. J. M

“…More than 5000 introductions of about 2000 species of exotic arthropod agents for control of arthropod pests in 196 countries or islands during the past 120…”
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European science in the Enlightenment and the discovery of the insect parasitoid life cycle in The Netherlands and Great Britain by van Lenteren, J.C., Godfray, H.C.J.

“…The authors most frequently credited for the European discovery of the parasitoid life cycle are Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, John Ray and Antonio Vallisnieri…”
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Early entomology and the discovery of insect parasitoids by van Lenteren, J.C.

“…Developments in the history of entomology until the discovery of insect parasitoids are summarized. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of entomology…”
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Pest kill rate as aggregate evaluation criterion to rank biological control agents: a case study with Neotropical predators of Tuta absoluta on tomato by van Lenteren, J C, Bueno, V H P, Burgio, G, Lanzoni, A, Montes, F C, Silva, D B, de Jong, P W, Hemerik, L

“…Tuta absoluta (Meyrick), a key pest of tomato, is quickly spreading over the world and biological control is considered as one of the control options…”
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Do nymphs and adults of three Neotropical zoophytophagous mirids damage leaves and fruits of tomato? by Silva, D B, Bueno, V H P, Calvo, F J, van Lenteren, J C

“…The predators Macrolophus basicornis (Stal), Engytatus varians (Distant) and Campyloneuropsis infumatus (Carvalho) consume large numbers of tomato pests such…”
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External and internal elimination of supernumerary larvae in the whitefly parasitoid Eretmocerus mundus Mercet (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) by Lo Verde, V., van Lenteren, J.C., Smid, H.M., de Jong, P.W., Castillo Carrillo, C.I., Caleca, V.

“…The solitary parasitoid Eretmocerus mundus Mercet (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) is one of the key biological control agents of the whitefly Bemisia argentifolii…”
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Environmental risk assessment for plant pests: A procedure to evaluate their impacts on ecosystem services by Gilioli, G., Schrader, G., Baker, R.H.A., Ceglarska, E., Kertész, V.K., Lövei, G., Navajas, M., Rossi, V., Tramontini, S., van Lenteren, J.C.

“…The current methods to assess the environmental impacts of plant pests differ in their approaches and there is a lack of the standardized procedures necessary…”
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A greenhouse without pesticides: fact or fantasy? by van Lenteren, Joop C.

“…Crop protection in European greenhouses became strongly chemically oriented shortly after the Second World War in the 1950s. But an excellent climate for fast…”
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Effect of different diets on reproduction, longevity and predation capacity of Orius insidiosus (Say) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) by Calixto, A.M., Bueno, V.H.P., Montes, F.C., Silva, A.C., van Lenteren, J.C.

“…Orius insidiosus is a generalist predator for which diet influences important biological traits like reproduction and predation. We tested the effects of…”
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Analysis of resistance in tomato and sweet pepper against the greenhouse whitefly using electrically monitored and visually observed probing and feeding behavior by Lei, H, Lenteren, J.C. van, Tjallingii, W.F

“…Different types of plant resistance against the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, were distinguished according to the tissue location of the…”
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Environmental risk assessment of exotic natural enemies used in inundative biological control by van Lenteren, J.C, Babendreier, D, Bigler, F, Burgio, G, Hokkanen, H.M.T, Kuske, S, Loomans, A.J.M, Menzler-Hokkanen, I, van Rijn, P.C.J, Thomas, M.B, Tommasini, M.G, Zeng, Q.-Q

“…In the past 100 years many exotic naturalenemies have been imported, mass reared andreleased as biological control agents. Negativeenvironmental effects of…”
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Variation in plant volatiles and attraction of the parasitoid Diadegma semiclausum (HELLEN) by Bukovinszky, T, Gols, R, Posthumus, M.A, Vet, L.E.M, Lenteren, J.C. van

“…Differences in allelochemistry of plants may influence their ability to attract parasitoids. We studied responses of Diadegma semiclausum (Hellen), a…”
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How not to evaluate augmentative biological control by van Lenteren, Joop C.

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A total system approach to sustainable pest management by Lewis, W.J, Lenteren, J.C. van, Phatak, S.C, Tumlinson, J.H. III

“…A fundamental shift to a total system approach for crop protection is urgently needed to resolve escalating economic and environmental consequences of…”
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Quantification of motility of carabid beetles in farmland by Allema, A B, van der Werf, W, Groot, J C J, Hemerik, L, Gort, G, Rossing, W A H, van Lenteren, J C

“…Quantification of the movement of insects at field and landscape levels helps us to understand their ecology and ecological functions. We conducted a…”
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Development and thermal requirements of the Nearctic predator Geocoris punctipes (Hemiptera: Geocoridae) reared at constant and alternating temperatures and fed on Anagasta kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) eggs by Ana M. CALIXTO, Vanda H.P. BUENO, Flávio C. MONTES, Joop C. VAN LENTEREN

“…Knowledge of the optimal temperatures for development and survival of biological control agents is essential for efficient mass-rearing and introduction of…”
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Identity and Relative Importance of Egg Predators of Rice Leaffolders (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by de Kraker, J, van Huis, A, van Lenteren, J.C, Heong, K.L, Rabbinge, R

“…Field andlaboratory studies on predation of rice leaffolder eggs (i.e., Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée) and Marasmia patnalis Bradley) were conducted to…”
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Cold storage affects mortality, body mass, lifespan, reproduction and flight capacity of Praon volucre (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) by Juracy Caldeira LINS, Vanda Helena Paes BUENO, Livia Alvarenga SIDNEY, Diego Bastos SILVA, Marcus Vinicius SAMPAIO, Janser Moura PEREIRA, Quintiliano Siqueira Schroden NOMELINI, Joop C. van LENTEREN

“…The possibility of storing natural enemies at low temperatures is important for the mass production of biological control agents. We evaluated the effect of…”
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Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth) and its parasitoid Diadegma semiclausum show different gustatory and longevity responses to a range of nectar and honeydew sugars by Winkler, K, Wackers, F.L, Stingli, A, Lenteren, J.C. van

“…Parasitoids as well as many of their herbivorous hosts, depend on carbohydrate-rich food during the adult stage. Different types of nectar and honeydew vary…”
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