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SUBMITTER: Paredes D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3728767 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Paredes Daniel D Cayuela Luis L Gurr Geoff M GM Campos Mercedes M
PeerJ 20130725
Conservation biological control (CBC) is an environmentally sound potential alternative to the use of chemical insecticides. It involves modifications of the environment to promote natural enemy activity on pests. Despite many CBC studies increasing abundance of natural enemies, there are far fewer demonstrations of reduced pest density and very little work has been conducted in olive crops. In this study we investigated the effects of four forms of non-crop vegetation on the abundance of two im ...[more]