Organic farming and annual flower strips reduce parasite prevalence in honeybees and boost colony growth in agricultural landscapes
In Journal of Applied Ecology – Despite the major role that insect pollinators play in crop production, agricultural intensification drives them into decline. Various conservation measures have been developed to mitigate the negative effects of agriculture on insect pollinators. In a novel comparison of the efficacy of three conservation measures on honeybee colony growth, we […]
Organic farming and annual flower strips reduce parasite prevalence in honeybees and boost colony growth in agricultural landscapes
Published in Journal of Applied Ecology. 1. Despite the major role that insect pollinators play in crop production, agricultural intensification drives them into decline. Various conservation measures have been developed to mitigate the negative effects of agriculture on insect pollinators. 2. In a novel comparison of the efficacy of three conservation measures on honey bee […]
Produzione biologica di fragole: i semiochimici aiutano a controllare importanti parassiti
Un nuovo studio pubblicato sulla rivista Pest Management Science ha dimostrato che i semiochimici possono gestire efficacemente uno dei parassiti più dannosi dal punto di vista economico nella produzione biologica di fragole, la cimice lygus (Lygus spp.). I semiochimici sono composti organici che inviano agli insetti segnali che alterano il loro comportamento, segnali utilizzati per […]
