Natural enemies, including predators, parasitoids, and pathogens, play a crucial role in the regulation of pest populations within agricultural ecosystems. This review examines the role of these biological control agents in maintaining the health and productivity of crop systems,...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i92858
A field experiment was conducted at Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad to decipher diversity and relative abundance of insect pests, Hemipteran predators and Hymenopteran parasitoids in Bacillus treated rice crop during Rabi, 2020. Yellow pan traps, visua...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i82723
Parasitoids are considered as one of the key biotic factors regulating the population dynamics of other insects in the natural settings. Egg parasitoids have been used successfully for many decades as inundative and augmentative biological control agents against a wide range of e...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i91412