Showing papers in "Biological Control in 2010"

TL;DR: Interactions between the pest light brown apple moth and its natural enemies are considered to illustrate the type of data that needs to be collected to make useful predictions.

TL;DR: Ecosystem service protection was provided in the fewest cases by either insect or plant biological control agents, but was more likely to be provided by projects directed against invasive plants, likely because of the strong effects plants exert on landscapes.

TL;DR: Demonstrated grower interest in banker plant systems provides an opportunity for researchers to improve biological control efficacy, economics, and implementation to reduce pesticide use and its associated risks.

TL;DR: The combination of fluorescent Pseudomonas, Trichoderma harzianum and AMF provided significantly better control than uninoculated treatment, reducing disease incidence and severity by 74% and 67% in pots and field, respectively.

TL;DR: The presence of entomopathogens as endophytes can influence growth and fecundity of insect herbivores, suggesting a possible role for endophytic entomopathy in the regulation of insect populations.

TL;DR: Examination of the evolution of microbial biopesticides in Canada is examined to illustrate how the actions of the government, the people, and the industry have led to changes in legislation, policy, and programming that spurred momentum for new microbial pest control products in recent years and created a model system for future microbialBiopesticide discovery, development, and implementation that could be adopted throughout the world.

TL;DR: The antifungal effects of volatiles increased with increasing time (days), and PPCB004 showed the highest inhibition of radial mycelial growth in P. crustosum than all other treatments.

TL;DR: The risk of several classes of insecticidal compounds to non-target animals, particularly natural enemies and pollinators, are examined, and the most promising compounds for combined deployment with biological agents are reviewed.

TL;DR: Progress in research and regulation of biological control are discussed with particular reference to Australasia, and there is cause for some optimism that the risks associated with biological control can be better identified and managed in the future.

TL;DR: The combination of seed treatment, seedling dip and soil drenching of liquid formulation recorded the minimum disease incidence of Fusarium wilt on tomato under glasshouse and field conditions and increased the tomato fruit yield compared to untreated control.

TL;DR: The role of biological control in vertebrate pest management and the attempts to develop such strategies in Australia is reviewed with emphasis on species specific case studies for rabbits, cane toads and carp, and the generic approaches of immunocontraception and daughterless genes.

TL;DR: Among the tested compost teas, NCT prepared from sheep manure compost consistently provided the highest inhibition of mycelial growth and the highest disease suppression, in particular of gray mold (>95% disease reduction).

TL;DR: The size and robustness of the biological control industry in greenhouses, which is a reflection of the inherent characteristics of this industry that lends itself to biological control, is strong and growing with indications that this trend will be followed in many areas of the world.

TL;DR: Results indicate that seed treatment of cotton plants with four Pseudomonas spp.

TL;DR: This paper aims to demonstrate the efforts towards in-situ applicability of EMMARM, as to provide real-time information about concrete mechanical properties of E-modulus in the Ecosystems and Biogeochemistry.

TL;DR: The results showed that A. pullulans PL5 could be introduced in commercial formulations to control postharvest pathogens on fruits and its activity was based on secretion of lytic enzymes and competition for nutrients.

TL;DR: Antimicrobial activity of the fusion protein to Ralstonia solanacearum was detected on gels in situ, indicating that the LCI gene could potentially be used to produce transgenic plants that are resistant to bacterial infection.

TL;DR: Findings indicate potential for simplified agricultural landscapes to be ‘selectively’ manipulated to enhance colonization of the crop by natural enemies, but not herbivores, by improving connectivity between crops and non-crop resources, through the presence of woody vegetation.

TL;DR: The results indicate that different CHV-1 subtypes could be used differently in the biological control of chestnut blight, and that the greater ecological fitness of subtype I than of subtypes F1 and F2 probably accounts for its greater invasiveness.

TL;DR: The hypothesis was that dispersal capacity would influence the spatial scale at which ground-dwelling arthropods responded to landscape structure and it was found that Carabidae, which generally disperse by walking, responded to smaller spatial scales than linyphiid spiders, which frequently balloon.

TL;DR: The results indicate that S. punctillum is not harmed by feeding on spider mites containing Cry3Bb1, and detrimental effects on this predator when preying in Cry3bb1-expressing Bt maize fields are unlikely.

TL;DR: Results from experiments on prey-stage preferences showed that all three phytoseiids preferred nymphs to eggs of P. citri, and among the three species, P. persimilis had the highest predation potential, in particular at high prey densities.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that RAA population dynamics were strongly affected by the presence of NE, and new management practices aimed at favoring natural regulation, especially augmentative approaches, need to be developed.

TL;DR: Greenhouse studies were conducted to evaluate the potential of the use of bacilli plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for control of Phytophthora blight on squash, finding certain PGPR strains applied as 2-, 3-, and 4- strain mixtures significantly reduced disease severity.

TL;DR: There was an increase in abundance of different groups of natural enemies when woody vegetation was present although these increases depended on size, and Predation of eggs of a vineyard insect pest, Epiphyas postvittana, was relatively higher in vineyards with either adjacent remnant forest or planted woodY vegetation.

TL;DR: The way ahead in bioherbicide research would appear to be the development of consortia or research nodes in which scientists and business people with backgrounds in the discovery, development and commercialization of biopesticides work collaboratively on a number of projects.

TL;DR: It is proposed that future use of biological control will involve integration at a greater conceptual scale such that this important form of pest management is promoted as one of a suite of ecosystem services that can be engineered into farming systems and wider landscapes.

TL;DR: A dodine-free selective medium is formulating that is efficient for isolating naturally occurring Beauveria spp.

TL;DR: The potential of pollen as a supplementary food for M. pygmaeus eggs of the Mediterranean flour moth Ephestia kuehniella was investigated, and development and fecundity were better than on the artificial diet alone.

TL;DR: It is suggested that changes in the spiders´ foraging behavior, rather than increased springtail consumption, is the underlying mechanism and presence of springtails may contribute to spider population maintenance and, indirectly, to enhanced predation pressure on co-occurring pests.