• Thumbnail for Pest insect population dynamics
    The population dynamics of pest insects is a subject of interest to farmers, agricultural economists, ecologists, and those concerned with animal welfare...
    21 KB (2,581 words) - 03:11, 27 May 2025
  • Nicholson–Bailey model Pest insect population dynamics Population cycle Population dynamics of fisheries Population ecology Population genetics Population modeling...
    29 KB (3,255 words) - 23:24, 24 May 2025
  • well as insects, mites, nematodes and weeds. Introduced plant pests can lower crop yields and have environmental impacts. The spread of plant pests from...
    24 KB (3,316 words) - 14:08, 28 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for Confused flour beetle
    Confused flour beetle (category Agricultural pest insects)
    common pest insect known for attacking and infesting stored flour and grain. They are one of the most common and most destructive insect pests for grain...
    24 KB (3,065 words) - 15:08, 23 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Cockroach
    Cockroach (redirect from Roach (insect))
    of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are well-known pests. Modern cockroaches are an ancient group that first appeared during the...
    80 KB (8,383 words) - 13:18, 23 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Coccinellidae
    Coccinellidae (category Insects used as insect pest control agents)
    and breeding sites. Species that prey on agricultural pests are considered beneficial insects. Several species have been introduced outside their range...
    54 KB (5,550 words) - 18:42, 22 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Aphid
    Aphid (category Insect pests of temperate forests)
    protecting them from predators. Aphids are among the most destructive insect pests on cultivated plants in temperate regions. In addition to weakening the...
    105 KB (11,438 words) - 14:15, 23 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Insect
    control insects with chemical insecticides, but increasingly rely on biological pest control. This uses one organism to reduce the population density...
    135 KB (12,811 words) - 18:29, 29 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Desert locust
    Desert locust (category Insect pests of millets)
    Entomopathogenic fungi generally suppress pests by mycosis - causing a disease that is specific to the insect. Biological control products have been under...
    64 KB (8,356 words) - 17:00, 11 April 2025
  • Thumbnail for Population bottleneck
    minimum viable population size) and in the context of agriculture (biological and pest control). In conservation biology, minimum viable population (MVP) size...
    25 KB (2,791 words) - 05:52, 27 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Brown marmorated stink bug
    Brown marmorated stink bug (category Agricultural pest insects)
    (November 2, 2009). "Brown Marmorated Stink Bug". ODA Plant Division, Insect Pest Prevention and Management; Report. Oregon Department of Agriculture....
    57 KB (5,864 words) - 17:34, 30 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for World population
    One-child policy Population decline Population dynamics Population growth Two-child policy Lists: List of countries and dependencies by population List of countries...
    131 KB (10,187 words) - 16:19, 30 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Potato leafhopper
    Potato leafhopper (category Insects described in 1841)
    Cicadellidae), in wine grapes.” Pest Management Science 67(5): 560–567. ” Erlandson, W., & Obrycki, J. (2015). “Population Dynamics of Empoasca fabae (Hemiptera:...
    17 KB (2,019 words) - 02:09, 17 October 2023
  • Loliginidae. Journal of Applied Ecology 36: 101-110. Walter GH (2003) Insect Pest Management and Ecological Research Cambridge University Press, Cambridge...
    8 KB (986 words) - 20:31, 30 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Colorado potato beetle
    Colorado potato beetle (category Agricultural pest insects)
    it rapidly became a most destructive pest of potato crops. It is today considered to be the most important insect defoliator of potatoes. It may also cause...
    67 KB (7,444 words) - 20:11, 22 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Red imported fire ant
    Red imported fire ant (category Insects used as insect pest control agents)
    D. (2008). "Estimation of the number of founders of an invasive pest insect population: the fire ant Solenopsis invicta in the USA". Proceedings of the...
    232 KB (27,651 words) - 09:32, 29 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Blattella asahinai
    Blattella asahinai (category Household pest insects)
    cockroach, is a species of cockroach that was first described in 1981 from insects collected on Okinawa Island, Japan. It is a small species of cockroach...
    23 KB (2,784 words) - 09:38, 16 April 2025
  • Thumbnail for Diaphorina citri
    Diaphorina citri (category Agricultural pest insects)
    BL (June 2018). "Localization and dynamics of Wolbachia infection in Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri, the insect vector of the causal pathogens of...
    30 KB (3,333 words) - 11:17, 19 February 2025
  • insects, repelling pests, or providing nutrients such as by fixing nitrogen, shade, or support. Companion plantings can be part of a biological pest control...
    82 KB (3,253 words) - 23:29, 13 February 2025
  • Thumbnail for Insect pheromones
    friendly methods to control population dynamics. In pest control, the use of pheromones in attractant traps to control insects is common practice. This can...
    82 KB (10,092 words) - 06:36, 16 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pheromone trap
    Pheromone trap (category Biological pest control)
    funnel trap. Pheromone traps are used both to count insect populations by sampling, and to trap pests such as clothes moths to destroy them. Pheromone traps...
    9 KB (931 words) - 23:33, 21 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fall armyworm
    Fall armyworm (category Insect pests of millets)
    frugiperda, in Argentina Journal of Insect Science 9(20) Meagher, Robert L.; Nagoshi, Rod N. (2004). "Population dynamics and occurrence of Spodoptera frugiperda...
    49 KB (4,980 words) - 09:07, 19 February 2025
  • Thumbnail for Pesticide resistance
    Pesticide resistance (category Pests (organism))
    decreased susceptibility of a pest population to a pesticide that was previously effective at controlling the pest. Pest species evolve pesticide resistance...
    40 KB (4,270 words) - 13:16, 23 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Scirtothrips dorsalis
    Scirtothrips dorsalis (category Agricultural pest insects)
    thrips or yellow tea thrips, is an extremely successful invasive species of pest-thrips which has expanded rapidly from Asia over the last twenty years, and...
    24 KB (3,258 words) - 01:38, 18 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lymantria dispar dispar
    Lymantria dispar dispar (category Insect pests of temperate forests)
    plants. In its invasive range it is classified as a pest, notably one of the most destructive pests of hardwood trees in the Eastern United States. It...
    42 KB (4,750 words) - 12:53, 24 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Red flour beetle
    Red flour beetle (category Insect pests of millets)
    and confirms that hermetic environments are sufficient for controlling insect pests. The beetle is of Indo-Australian origin and less able to survive outdoors...
    20 KB (2,405 words) - 05:30, 18 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dociostaurus maroccanus
    Dociostaurus maroccanus (category Insect pests of millets)
    pest?". Journal of Insect Conservation. 2 (3–4): 167–178. doi:10.1023/A:1009639628627. S2CID 21626685. Dempster, J. P., 1957. The population dynamics...
    7 KB (852 words) - 09:39, 9 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Chemical ecology
    development of sustainable pest control strategies. Semiochemicals (especially insect sex pheromones) are widely used in integrated pest management for surveillance...
    53 KB (6,025 words) - 16:55, 22 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Callosobruchus maculatus
    Callosobruchus maculatus (category Agricultural pest insects)
    these populations persist. This ability to withstand a high degree of inbreeding has likely contributed to this species’ prevalence as a pest. It is...
    24 KB (2,864 words) - 14:59, 11 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Plant defense against herbivory
    teeth and to insect mandibles, and are effective against herbivores above and below ground. The mechanism may offer future sustainable pest-control strategies...
    94 KB (10,715 words) - 20:03, 22 May 2025