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1. Sampling Optimization and Crop Interface Effects on Lygus lineolaris Populations in Southeastern USA Cotton

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Dorman, Seth J., Taylor, Sally V., Malone, Sean, Roberts, Phillip M., Greene, Jeremy K., Reisig, Dominic D., Smith, Ronald H., Jacobson, Alana L., Reay-Jones, Francis P. F., Paula-Moraes, Silvana, Huseth, Anders S., Dorman, Seth J., Taylor, Sally V., Malone, Sean, Roberts, Phillip M., Greene, Jeremy K., Reisig, Dominic D., Smith, Ronald H., Jacobson, Alana L., Reay-Jones, Francis P. F., Paula-Moraes, Silvana, and Huseth, Anders S.

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Tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Hemiptera: Miridae), is an economically damaging pest in cotton production systems across the southern United States. We systematically scouted 120 commercial cotton fields across five southeastern states during susceptible growth stages in 2019 and 2020 to investigate sampling optimization and the effect of interface crop and landscape composition on L. lineolaris abundance. Variance component analysis determined field and within-field spatial scales, compared with agricultural district and state, accounted for more variation in L. lineolaris density using sweep net and drop cloth sampling. This result highlights the importance of field-level scouting efforts. Using within-field samples, a fixed-precision sampling plan determined 8 and 23 sampling units were needed to determine L. lineolaris population estimates with 0.25 precision for sweep net (100 sweeps per unit) and drop cloth (1.5 row-m per unit) sampling, respectively. A spatial Bayesian hierarchical model was developed to determine local landscape (<0.5 km from field edges) effects on L. lineolaris in cotton. The proportion of agricultural area and double-crop wheat and soybeans were positively associated with L. lineolaris density, and fields with more contiguous cotton areas negatively predicted L. lineolaris populations. These results will improve L. lineolaris monitoring programs and treatment management decisions in southeastern USA cotton.

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2022
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2. A Symmetrical Diester as the Sex Attractant Pheromone of the North American Click Beetle Parallelostethus attenuatus (Say) (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

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Millar, Jocelyn G., Williams, Livy, III, Serrano, Jacqueline M., Halloran, Sean, Grommes, Anna C., Huseth, Anders S., Kuhar, Thomas P., Hanks, Lawrence M., Millar, Jocelyn G., Williams, Livy, III, Serrano, Jacqueline M., Halloran, Sean, Grommes, Anna C., Huseth, Anders S., Kuhar, Thomas P., and Hanks, Lawrence M.

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Hexanoic acid, 1-octanol, 1,8-octanediol, octyl hexanoate, 1,8-octanediol monohexanoate, and 1,8-octanediol dihexanoate were identified in headspace volatiles collected from the crushed abdomen of a female click beetle of the species Parallelostethus attenuatus (Say) (Elaterinae, tribe Elaterini). In field trials carried out in Illinois, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, adult male beetles were strongly attracted to 1,8-octanediol dihexanoate alone. Blends of the dihexanoate with one or more of the other compounds proved to be less attractive than the dihexanoate alone, suggesting that the pheromone of this species may consist of a single compound. The symmetrical diester structure of the pheromone is a novel natural product and appears to be structurally unique among insect pheromones.

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2022
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3. Sampling Optimization and Crop Interface Effects on Lygus lineolaris Populations in Southeastern USA Cotton

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Dorman, Seth J., Taylor, Sally V., Malone, Sean, Roberts, Phillip M., Greene, Jeremy K., Reisig, Dominic D., Smith, Ronald H., Jacobson, Alana L., Reay-Jones, Francis P. F., Paula-Moraes, Silvana, Huseth, Anders S., Dorman, Seth J., Taylor, Sally V., Malone, Sean, Roberts, Phillip M., Greene, Jeremy K., Reisig, Dominic D., Smith, Ronald H., Jacobson, Alana L., Reay-Jones, Francis P. F., Paula-Moraes, Silvana, and Huseth, Anders S.

Abstract

Tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Hemiptera: Miridae), is an economically damaging pest in cotton production systems across the southern United States. We systematically scouted 120 commercial cotton fields across five southeastern states during susceptible growth stages in 2019 and 2020 to investigate sampling optimization and the effect of interface crop and landscape composition on L. lineolaris abundance. Variance component analysis determined field and within-field spatial scales, compared with agricultural district and state, accounted for more variation in L. lineolaris density using sweep net and drop cloth sampling. This result highlights the importance of field-level scouting efforts. Using within-field samples, a fixed-precision sampling plan determined 8 and 23 sampling units were needed to determine L. lineolaris population estimates with 0.25 precision for sweep net (100 sweeps per unit) and drop cloth (1.5 row-m per unit) sampling, respectively. A spatial Bayesian hierarchical model was developed to determine local landscape (<0.5 km from field edges) effects on L. lineolaris in cotton. The proportion of agricultural area and double-crop wheat and soybeans were positively associated with L. lineolaris density, and fields with more contiguous cotton areas negatively predicted L. lineolaris populations. These results will improve L. lineolaris monitoring programs and treatment management decisions in southeastern USA cotton.

Published
2022

4. Standardized Field Trials in Cotton and Bioassays to Evaluate Resistance of Tobacco Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) to Insecticides in the Southern United States

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Krob, Jessica L., Stewart, Scott D., Brown, Sebe A., Kerns, Dawson, Graham, Scott H., Perkins, Clay, Huseth, Anders S., Kennedy, George G., Reisig, Dominic D., Taylor, Sally V., Towles, Tyler B., Kerns, David L., Thrash, Benjamin C., Lorenz, Gus M., Bateman, Nick R., Cook, Don R., Crow, Whitney D., Gore, Jeffrey, Catchot, Angus L., Musser, Fred R., Catchot, Beverly, Krob, Jessica L., Stewart, Scott D., Brown, Sebe A., Kerns, Dawson, Graham, Scott H., Perkins, Clay, Huseth, Anders S., Kennedy, George G., Reisig, Dominic D., Taylor, Sally V., Towles, Tyler B., Kerns, David L., Thrash, Benjamin C., Lorenz, Gus M., Bateman, Nick R., Cook, Don R., Crow, Whitney D., Gore, Jeffrey, Catchot, Angus L., Musser, Fred R., and Catchot, Beverly

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Foliar-applied insecticide treatments may be necessary to manage thrips in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) under severe infestations or when at-planting insecticide seed treatments do not provide satisfactory protection. The most common foliar-applied insecticide is acephate. Field observations in Tennessee suggest that the performance of acephate has declined. Thus, the first objective was to perform leaf-dip bioassays to assess if tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca (Hinds) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), in cotton production regions have evolved resistance to foliar-applied insecticides. A second objective was to assess the performance of commonly applied foliar insecticides for managing thrips in standardized field trials in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas. For both objectives, several insecticides were evaluated including acephate, dicrotophos, dimethoate, lambda-cyhalothrin, imidacloprid, and spinetoram. Field trials and bioassays were completed from 2018 to 2021. Dose-response bioassays with acephate were performed on tobacco thrips field populations and a susceptible laboratory population. Bioassay results suggest that tobacco thrips have developed resistance to acephate and other organophosphate insecticides; however, this resistance seems to be most severe in Arkansas, Tennessee, and the Delta region of Mississippi. Resistance to other classes of insecticides were perhaps even more evident in these bioassays. The performance of these insecticides in field trials was variable, with tobacco thrips only showing consistent signs of resistance to lambda-cyhalothrin. However, it is evident that many populations of tobacco thrips are resistant to multiple classes of insecticides. Further research is needed to determine heritability and resistance mechanism(s).

Published
2022

5. A Symmetrical Diester as the Sex Attractant Pheromone of the North American Click Beetle Parallelostethus attenuatus (Say) (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

Author

Millar, Jocelyn G., Williams, Livy, III, Serrano, Jacqueline M., Halloran, Sean, Grommes, Anna C., Huseth, Anders S., Kuhar, Thomas P., Hanks, Lawrence M., Millar, Jocelyn G., Williams, Livy, III, Serrano, Jacqueline M., Halloran, Sean, Grommes, Anna C., Huseth, Anders S., Kuhar, Thomas P., and Hanks, Lawrence M.

Abstract

Hexanoic acid, 1-octanol, 1,8-octanediol, octyl hexanoate, 1,8-octanediol monohexanoate, and 1,8-octanediol dihexanoate were identified in headspace volatiles collected from the crushed abdomen of a female click beetle of the species Parallelostethus attenuatus (Say) (Elaterinae, tribe Elaterini). In field trials carried out in Illinois, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, adult male beetles were strongly attracted to 1,8-octanediol dihexanoate alone. Blends of the dihexanoate with one or more of the other compounds proved to be less attractive than the dihexanoate alone, suggesting that the pheromone of this species may consist of a single compound. The symmetrical diester structure of the pheromone is a novel natural product and appears to be structurally unique among insect pheromones.

Published
2022

6. Evaluating an Action Threshold-Based Insecticide Program on Onion Cultivars Varying in Resistance to Onion Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

Author

Nault, Brian A., Huseth, Anders S., Nault, Brian A., and Huseth, Anders S.

Abstract

Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), is a highly destructive pest of onion, Allium cepa L., and its management relies on multiple applications of foliar insecticides. Development of insecticide resistance is common in T. tabaci populations, and new strategies are needed to relax existing levels of insecticide use, but still provide protection against T. tabaci without compromising marketable onion yield. An action threshold-based insecticide program combined with or without a thrips-resistant onion cultivar was investigated as an improved approach for managing T. tabaci infestations in commercial onion fields. Regardless of cultivar type, the average number of insecticide applications needed to manage T. tabaci infestations in the action-threshold based program was 4.3, while the average number of sprays in the standard weekly program was 7.2 (a 40% reduction). The mean percent reduction in numbers of applications following the action threshold treatment in the thrips-resistant onion cultivar, ‘Advantage', was 46.7% (range 40-50%) compared with the standard program, whereas the percentage reduction in applications in action threshold treatments in the thrips-susceptible onion cultivar, ‘Santana', was 34.3% (range 13-50%) compared with the standard program, suggesting a benefit of the thrips-resistant cultivar. Marketable bulb yields for both ‘Advantage' and ‘Santana' in the action threshold-based program were nearly identical to those in the standard program, indicating that commercially acceptable bulb yields will be generated with fewer insecticide sprays following an action threshold-based program, saving money, time and benefiting the environment.

Published
2021

7. Estimating E-Race European Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Adult Activity in Snap Bean Fields Based on Corn Planting Intensity and Their Activity in Corn in New York Agroecosystems

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Schmidt-Jeffris, Rebecca A., Huseth, Anders S., Nault, Brian A., Schmidt-Jeffris, Rebecca A., Huseth, Anders S., and Nault, Brian A.

Abstract

European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), is a major pest of processing snap bean because larvae are contaminants in pods. The incidence of O. nubilalis-contaminated beans has become uncommon in New York, possibly because widespread adoption of Bt field corn has suppressed populations. Snap bean fields located where Bt corn has been intensively grown in space and time may be at lower risk for O. nubilalis than fields located where Bt corn is not common. To manage O. nubilalis infestation risk, growers determine insecticide application frequency in snap bean based on pheromone-trapping information in nearby sweet corn fields; adult activity is presumed equivalent in both crops. Our goal was to determine if corn planting intensity and adult activity in sweet corn could be used to estimate O. nubilalis populations in snap bean in New York in 2014-2015. Numbers of O nubilalis adults captured in pheromone-baited traps located in snap bean fields where corn was and was not intensively grown were similar, suggesting that O. nubilalis does not respond to local levels of Bt corn in the landscape. Numbers of Ostrinia nubilalis captured in pheromone-baited traps placed by snap bean fields and proximal sweet corn fields were not related, indicating that snap bean growers should no longer make control decisions based on adult activity in sweet corn. Our results also suggest that the risk of O. nubilalis infestations in snap bean is low (∼80% of the traps caught zero moths) and insecticide applications targeting this pest should be reduced or eliminated.

Published
2021

8. Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition.

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Karp, Daniel S, Karp, Daniel S, Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D, Martin, Emily A, DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E, Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, O'Rourke, Megan E, Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A, Schellhorn, Nancy A, Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D, Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L, Adler, Lynn S, Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M, Zubair Anjum, Muhammad, Avelino, Jacques, Batáry, Péter, Baveco, Johannes M, Bianchi, Felix JJA, Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W, Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J, Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G, Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Ćetković, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C, De la Mora, Aldo, de Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F, Eckberg, James O, Entling, Martin H, Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, Frank van Veen, FJ, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael PD, Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J, Goodell, Peter B, Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L, Gurr, Geoff M, Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E, Herrmann, John D, Huseth, Anders S, Inclán, Diego J, Ingrao, Adam J, Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A, Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M, Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N, Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A, Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K, Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Filipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M, Menozzi, Philippe, Mitchell, Matthew GE, Miyashita, Tadashi, Molina, Gonzalo AR, Molina-Montenegro, Marco A, Karp, Daniel S, Karp, Daniel S, Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D, Martin, Emily A, DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E, Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, O'Rourke, Megan E, Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A, Schellhorn, Nancy A, Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D, Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L, Adler, Lynn S, Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M, Zubair Anjum, Muhammad, Avelino, Jacques, Batáry, Péter, Baveco, Johannes M, Bianchi, Felix JJA, Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W, Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J, Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G, Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Ćetković, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C, De la Mora, Aldo, de Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F, Eckberg, James O, Entling, Martin H, Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, Frank van Veen, FJ, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael PD, Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J, Goodell, Peter B, Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L, Gurr, Geoff M, Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E, Herrmann, John D, Huseth, Anders S, Inclán, Diego J, Ingrao, Adam J, Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A, Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M, Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N, Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A, Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K, Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Filipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M, Menozzi, Philippe, Mitchell, Matthew GE, Miyashita, Tadashi, Molina, Gonzalo AR, and Molina-Montenegro, Marco A

Abstract

The idea that noncrop habitat enhances pest control and represents a win-win opportunity to conserve biodiversity and bolster yields has emerged as an agroecological paradigm. However, while noncrop habitat in landscapes surrounding farms sometimes benefits pest predators, natural enemy responses remain heterogeneous across studies and effects on pests are inconclusive. The observed heterogeneity in species responses to noncrop habitat may be biological in origin or could result from variation in how habitat and biocontrol are measured. Here, we use a pest-control database encompassing 132 studies and 6,759 sites worldwide to model natural enemy and pest abundances, predation rates, and crop damage as a function of landscape composition. Our results showed that although landscape composition explained significant variation within studies, pest and enemy abundances, predation rates, crop damage, and yields each exhibited different responses across studies, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing in landscapes with more noncrop habitat but overall showing no consistent trend. Thus, models that used landscape-composition variables to predict pest-control dynamics demonstrated little potential to explain variation across studies, though prediction did improve when comparing studies with similar crop and landscape features. Overall, our work shows that surrounding noncrop habitat does not consistently improve pest management, meaning habitat conservation may bolster production in some systems and depress yields in others. Future efforts to develop tools that inform farmers when habitat conservation truly represents a win-win would benefit from increased understanding of how landscape effects are modulated by local farm management and the biology of pests and their enemies.

Published
2018

9. Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

Author

Karp, Daniel S., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D., Martin, Emily A., DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E., Martinez-Salinas, Alejandra, O'Rourke, Megan E., Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A., Schellhorn, Nancy A., Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D., Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L., Adler, Lynn S., Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M., Anjum, Muhammad Zubair, Avelino, Jacques, Batary, Peter, Baveco, Johannes M., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J., Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Cetkovic, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C., De la Mora, Aldo, De Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F., Eckberg, James O., Entling, Martin H., Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, van Veen, Frank, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael P.D., Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J., Goodell, Peter B., Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L., Gurr, Geoff M., Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E., Herrmann, John D., Huseth, Anders S., Inclán, Diego J., Ingrao, Adam J., Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A., Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M., Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N., Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A., Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K., Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Felipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne-Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M., Menozzi, Philippe, et al., Karp, Daniel S., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D., Martin, Emily A., DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E., Martinez-Salinas, Alejandra, O'Rourke, Megan E., Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A., Schellhorn, Nancy A., Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D., Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L., Adler, Lynn S., Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M., Anjum, Muhammad Zubair, Avelino, Jacques, Batary, Peter, Baveco, Johannes M., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J., Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Cetkovic, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C., De la Mora, Aldo, De Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F., Eckberg, James O., Entling, Martin H., Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, van Veen, Frank, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael P.D., Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J., Goodell, Peter B., Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L., Gurr, Geoff M., Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E., Herrmann, John D., Huseth, Anders S., Inclán, Diego J., Ingrao, Adam J., Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A., Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M., Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N., Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A., Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K., Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Felipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne-Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M., Menozzi, Philippe, and et al.

Abstract

The idea that noncrop habitat enhances pest control and represents a win–win opportunity to conserve biodiversity and bolster yields has emerged as an agroecological paradigm. However, while noncrop habitat in landscapes surrounding farms sometimes benefits pest predators, natural enemy responses remain heterogeneous across studies and effects on pests are inconclusive. The observed heterogeneity in species responses to noncrop habitat may be biological in origin or could result from variation in how habitat and biocontrol are measured. Here, we use a pest-control database encompassing 132 studies and 6,759 sites worldwide to model natural enemy and pest abundances, predation rates, and crop damage as a function of landscape composition. Our results showed that although landscape composition explained significant variation within studies, pest and enemy abundances, predation rates, crop damage, and yields each exhibited different responses across studies, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing in landscapes with more noncrop habitat but overall showing no consistent trend. Thus, models that used landscape-composition variables to predict pest-control dynamics demonstrated little potential to explain variation across studies, though prediction did improve when comparing studies with similar crop and landscape features. Overall, our work shows that surrounding noncrop habitat does not consistently improve pest management, meaning habitat conservation may bolster production in some systems and depress yields in others. Future efforts to develop tools that inform farmers when habitat conservation truly represents a win–win would benefit from increased understanding of how landscape effects are modulated by local farm management and the biology of pests and their enemies.

Published
2018

10. Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

Author

Karp, Daniel S., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D., Martin, Emily A., DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E., Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, O’Rourke, Megan E., Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A., Schellhorn, Nancy A., Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D., Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L., Adler, Lynn S., Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M., Zubair Anjum, Muhammad, Avelino, Jacques, Batáry, Péter, Baveco, Johannes M., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J., Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Ćetković, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C., De la Mora, Aldo, de Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F., Eckberg, James O., Entling, Martin H., Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, van Veen, F.J. Frank, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael P.D., Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J., Goodell, Peter B., Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L., Gurr, Geoff M., Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E., Herrmann, John D., Huseth, Anders S., Inclán, Diego J., Ingrao, Adam J., Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A., Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M., Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N., Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A., Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K., Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Filipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M., Menozzi, Philippe, Mitchell, Matthew G.E., Miyashita, Tadashi, Molina, Gonzalo A.R., Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., O’Neal, Matthew E., Opatovsky, Itai, Ortiz-Martinez, Sebaastian, Nash, Michael, Östman, Örjan, Ouin, Annie, Pak, Damie, Paredes, Daniel, Parsa, Soroush, Parry, Hazel, Perez-Alvarez, Ricardo, Perović, David J., Peterson, Julie A., Petit, Sandrine, Philpott, Stacy M., Plantegenest, Manuel, Plećaš, Milan, Pluess, Therese, Pons, Xavier, Potts, Simon G., Pywell, Richard F., Ragsdale, David W., Rand, Tatyana A., Raymond, Lucie, Ricci, Benoît, Sargent, Chris, Sarthou, Jean-Pierre, Saulais, Julia, Schäckermann, Jessica, Schmidt, Nick P., Schneider, Gudrun, Schüepp, Christof, Sivakoff, Frances S., Smith, Henrik G., Stack Whitney, Kaitlin, Stutz, Sonja, Szendrei, Zsofia, Takada, Mayura B., Taki, Hisatomo, Tamburini, Giovanni, Thomson, Linda J., Tricault, Yann, Tsafack, Noelline, Tschumi, Matthias, Valantin-Morison, Muriel, Van Trinh, Mai, van der Werf, Wopke, Vierling, Kerri T., Werling, Ben P., Wickens, Jennifer B., Wickens, Victoria J., Woodcock, Ben A., Wyckhuys, Kris, Xiao, Haijun, Yasuda, Mika, Yoshioka, Akira, Zou, Yi, Karp, Daniel S., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D., Martin, Emily A., DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E., Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, O’Rourke, Megan E., Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A., Schellhorn, Nancy A., Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D., Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L., Adler, Lynn S., Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M., Zubair Anjum, Muhammad, Avelino, Jacques, Batáry, Péter, Baveco, Johannes M., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J., Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Ćetković, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C., De la Mora, Aldo, de Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F., Eckberg, James O., Entling, Martin H., Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, van Veen, F.J. Frank, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael P.D., Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J., Goodell, Peter B., Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L., Gurr, Geoff M., Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E., Herrmann, John D., Huseth, Anders S., Inclán, Diego J., Ingrao, Adam J., Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A., Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M., Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N., Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A., Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K., Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Filipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M., Menozzi, Philippe, Mitchell, Matthew G.E., Miyashita, Tadashi, Molina, Gonzalo A.R., Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., O’Neal, Matthew E., Opatovsky, Itai, Ortiz-Martinez, Sebaastian, Nash, Michael, Östman, Örjan, Ouin, Annie, Pak, Damie, Paredes, Daniel, Parsa, Soroush, Parry, Hazel, Perez-Alvarez, Ricardo, Perović, David J., Peterson, Julie A., Petit, Sandrine, Philpott, Stacy M., Plantegenest, Manuel, Plećaš, Milan, Pluess, Therese, Pons, Xavier, Potts, Simon G., Pywell, Richard F., Ragsdale, David W., Rand, Tatyana A., Raymond, Lucie, Ricci, Benoît, Sargent, Chris, Sarthou, Jean-Pierre, Saulais, Julia, Schäckermann, Jessica, Schmidt, Nick P., Schneider, Gudrun, Schüepp, Christof, Sivakoff, Frances S., Smith, Henrik G., Stack Whitney, Kaitlin, Stutz, Sonja, Szendrei, Zsofia, Takada, Mayura B., Taki, Hisatomo, Tamburini, Giovanni, Thomson, Linda J., Tricault, Yann, Tsafack, Noelline, Tschumi, Matthias, Valantin-Morison, Muriel, Van Trinh, Mai, van der Werf, Wopke, Vierling, Kerri T., Werling, Ben P., Wickens, Jennifer B., Wickens, Victoria J., Woodcock, Ben A., Wyckhuys, Kris, Xiao, Haijun, Yasuda, Mika, Yoshioka, Akira, and Zou, Yi

Abstract

The idea that noncrop habitat enhances pest control and represents a win–win opportunity to conserve biodiversity and bolster yields has emerged as an agroecological paradigm. However, while noncrop habitat in landscapes surrounding farms sometimes benefits pest predators, natural enemy responses remain heterogeneous across studies and effects on pests are inconclusive. The observed heterogeneity in species responses to noncrop habitat may be biological in origin or could result from variation in how habitat and biocontrol are measured. Here, we use a pest-control database encompassing 132 studies and 6,759 sites worldwide to model natural enemy and pest abundances, predation rates, and crop damage as a function of landscape composition. Our results showed that although landscape composition explained significant variation within studies, pest and enemy abundances, predation rates, crop damage, and yields each exhibited different responses across studies, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing in landscapes with more noncrop habitat but overall showing no consistent trend. Thus, models that used landscape-composition variables to predict pest-control dynamics demonstrated little potential to explain variation across studies, though prediction did improve when comparing studies with similar crop and landscape features. Overall, our work shows that surrounding noncrop habitat does not consistently improve pest management, meaning habitat conservation may bolster production in some systems and depress yields in others. Future efforts to develop tools that inform farmers when habitat conservation truly represents a win–win would benefit from increased understanding of how landscape effects are modulated by local farm management and the biology of pests and their enemies.

Published
2018

11. Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition.

Author

Karp, Daniel S, Karp, Daniel S, Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D, Martin, Emily A, DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E, Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, O'Rourke, Megan E, Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A, Schellhorn, Nancy A, Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D, Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L, Adler, Lynn S, Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M, Zubair Anjum, Muhammad, Avelino, Jacques, Batáry, Péter, Baveco, Johannes M, Bianchi, Felix JJA, Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W, Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J, Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G, Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Ćetković, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C, De la Mora, Aldo, de Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F, Eckberg, James O, Entling, Martin H, Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, Frank van Veen, FJ, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael PD, Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J, Goodell, Peter B, Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L, Gurr, Geoff M, Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E, Herrmann, John D, Huseth, Anders S, Inclán, Diego J, Ingrao, Adam J, Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A, Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M, Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N, Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A, Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K, Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Filipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M, Menozzi, Philippe, Mitchell, Matthew GE, Miyashita, Tadashi, Molina, Gonzalo AR, Molina-Montenegro, Marco A, Karp, Daniel S, Karp, Daniel S, Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D, Martin, Emily A, DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E, Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, O'Rourke, Megan E, Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A, Schellhorn, Nancy A, Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D, Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L, Adler, Lynn S, Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M, Zubair Anjum, Muhammad, Avelino, Jacques, Batáry, Péter, Baveco, Johannes M, Bianchi, Felix JJA, Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W, Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J, Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G, Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Ćetković, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C, De la Mora, Aldo, de Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F, Eckberg, James O, Entling, Martin H, Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, Frank van Veen, FJ, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael PD, Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J, Goodell, Peter B, Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L, Gurr, Geoff M, Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E, Herrmann, John D, Huseth, Anders S, Inclán, Diego J, Ingrao, Adam J, Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A, Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M, Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N, Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A, Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K, Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Filipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M, Menozzi, Philippe, Mitchell, Matthew GE, Miyashita, Tadashi, Molina, Gonzalo AR, and Molina-Montenegro, Marco A

Abstract

The idea that noncrop habitat enhances pest control and represents a win-win opportunity to conserve biodiversity and bolster yields has emerged as an agroecological paradigm. However, while noncrop habitat in landscapes surrounding farms sometimes benefits pest predators, natural enemy responses remain heterogeneous across studies and effects on pests are inconclusive. The observed heterogeneity in species responses to noncrop habitat may be biological in origin or could result from variation in how habitat and biocontrol are measured. Here, we use a pest-control database encompassing 132 studies and 6,759 sites worldwide to model natural enemy and pest abundances, predation rates, and crop damage as a function of landscape composition. Our results showed that although landscape composition explained significant variation within studies, pest and enemy abundances, predation rates, crop damage, and yields each exhibited different responses across studies, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing in landscapes with more noncrop habitat but overall showing no consistent trend. Thus, models that used landscape-composition variables to predict pest-control dynamics demonstrated little potential to explain variation across studies, though prediction did improve when comparing studies with similar crop and landscape features. Overall, our work shows that surrounding noncrop habitat does not consistently improve pest management, meaning habitat conservation may bolster production in some systems and depress yields in others. Future efforts to develop tools that inform farmers when habitat conservation truly represents a win-win would benefit from increased understanding of how landscape effects are modulated by local farm management and the biology of pests and their enemies.

Published
2018

12. Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

Author

Karp, Daniel S., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D., Martin, Emily A., DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E., Martinez-Salinas, Alejandra, O'Rourke, Megan E., Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A., Schellhorn, Nancy A., Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D., Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L., Adler, Lynn S., Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M., Anjum, Muhammad Zubair, Avelino, Jacques, Batary, Peter, Baveco, Johannes M., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J., Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Cetkovic, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C., De la Mora, Aldo, De Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F., Eckberg, James O., Entling, Martin H., Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, van Veen, Frank, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael P.D., Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J., Goodell, Peter B., Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L., Gurr, Geoff M., Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E., Herrmann, John D., Huseth, Anders S., Inclán, Diego J., Ingrao, Adam J., Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A., Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M., Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N., Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A., Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K., Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Felipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne-Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M., Menozzi, Philippe, et al., Karp, Daniel S., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D., Martin, Emily A., DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E., Martinez-Salinas, Alejandra, O'Rourke, Megan E., Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A., Schellhorn, Nancy A., Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D., Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L., Adler, Lynn S., Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M., Anjum, Muhammad Zubair, Avelino, Jacques, Batary, Peter, Baveco, Johannes M., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J., Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Cetkovic, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C., De la Mora, Aldo, De Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F., Eckberg, James O., Entling, Martin H., Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, van Veen, Frank, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael P.D., Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J., Goodell, Peter B., Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L., Gurr, Geoff M., Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E., Herrmann, John D., Huseth, Anders S., Inclán, Diego J., Ingrao, Adam J., Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A., Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M., Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N., Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A., Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K., Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Felipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne-Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M., Menozzi, Philippe, and et al.

Abstract

The idea that noncrop habitat enhances pest control and represents a win–win opportunity to conserve biodiversity and bolster yields has emerged as an agroecological paradigm. However, while noncrop habitat in landscapes surrounding farms sometimes benefits pest predators, natural enemy responses remain heterogeneous across studies and effects on pests are inconclusive. The observed heterogeneity in species responses to noncrop habitat may be biological in origin or could result from variation in how habitat and biocontrol are measured. Here, we use a pest-control database encompassing 132 studies and 6,759 sites worldwide to model natural enemy and pest abundances, predation rates, and crop damage as a function of landscape composition. Our results showed that although landscape composition explained significant variation within studies, pest and enemy abundances, predation rates, crop damage, and yields each exhibited different responses across studies, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing in landscapes with more noncrop habitat but overall showing no consistent trend. Thus, models that used landscape-composition variables to predict pest-control dynamics demonstrated little potential to explain variation across studies, though prediction did improve when comparing studies with similar crop and landscape features. Overall, our work shows that surrounding noncrop habitat does not consistently improve pest management, meaning habitat conservation may bolster production in some systems and depress yields in others. Future efforts to develop tools that inform farmers when habitat conservation truly represents a win–win would benefit from increased understanding of how landscape effects are modulated by local farm management and the biology of pests and their enemies.

Published
2018

13. Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

Author

Karp, Daniel S., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D., Martin, Emily A., DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E., Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, O’Rourke, Megan E., Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A., Schellhorn, Nancy A., Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D., Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L., Adler, Lynn S., Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M., Zubair Anjum, Muhammad, Avelino, Jacques, Batáry, Péter, Baveco, Johannes M., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J., Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Ćetković, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C., De la Mora, Aldo, de Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F., Eckberg, James O., Entling, Martin H., Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, van Veen, F.J. Frank, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael P.D., Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J., Goodell, Peter B., Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L., Gurr, Geoff M., Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E., Herrmann, John D., Huseth, Anders S., Inclán, Diego J., Ingrao, Adam J., Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A., Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M., Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N., Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A., Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K., Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Filipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M., Menozzi, Philippe, Mitchell, Matthew G.E., Miyashita, Tadashi, Molina, Gonzalo A.R., Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., O’Neal, Matthew E., Opatovsky, Itai, Ortiz-Martinez, Sebaastian, Nash, Michael, Östman, Örjan, Ouin, Annie, Pak, Damie, Paredes, Daniel, Parsa, Soroush, Parry, Hazel, Perez-Alvarez, Ricardo, Perović, David J., Peterson, Julie A., Petit, Sandrine, Philpott, Stacy M., Plantegenest, Manuel, Plećaš, Milan, Pluess, Therese, Pons, Xavier, Potts, Simon G., Pywell, Richard F., Ragsdale, David W., Rand, Tatyana A., Raymond, Lucie, Ricci, Benoît, Sargent, Chris, Sarthou, Jean-Pierre, Saulais, Julia, Schäckermann, Jessica, Schmidt, Nick P., Schneider, Gudrun, Schüepp, Christof, Sivakoff, Frances S., Smith, Henrik G., Stack Whitney, Kaitlin, Stutz, Sonja, Szendrei, Zsofia, Takada, Mayura B., Taki, Hisatomo, Tamburini, Giovanni, Thomson, Linda J., Tricault, Yann, Tsafack, Noelline, Tschumi, Matthias, Valantin-Morison, Muriel, Van Trinh, Mai, van der Werf, Wopke, Vierling, Kerri T., Werling, Ben P., Wickens, Jennifer B., Wickens, Victoria J., Woodcock, Ben A., Wyckhuys, Kris, Xiao, Haijun, Yasuda, Mika, Yoshioka, Akira, Zou, Yi, Karp, Daniel S., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D., Martin, Emily A., DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E., Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, O’Rourke, Megan E., Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A., Schellhorn, Nancy A., Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D., Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L., Adler, Lynn S., Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M., Zubair Anjum, Muhammad, Avelino, Jacques, Batáry, Péter, Baveco, Johannes M., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J., Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Ćetković, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C., De la Mora, Aldo, de Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F., Eckberg, James O., Entling, Martin H., Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, van Veen, F.J. Frank, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael P.D., Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J., Goodell, Peter B., Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L., Gurr, Geoff M., Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E., Herrmann, John D., Huseth, Anders S., Inclán, Diego J., Ingrao, Adam J., Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A., Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M., Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N., Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A., Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K., Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Filipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M., Menozzi, Philippe, Mitchell, Matthew G.E., Miyashita, Tadashi, Molina, Gonzalo A.R., Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., O’Neal, Matthew E., Opatovsky, Itai, Ortiz-Martinez, Sebaastian, Nash, Michael, Östman, Örjan, Ouin, Annie, Pak, Damie, Paredes, Daniel, Parsa, Soroush, Parry, Hazel, Perez-Alvarez, Ricardo, Perović, David J., Peterson, Julie A., Petit, Sandrine, Philpott, Stacy M., Plantegenest, Manuel, Plećaš, Milan, Pluess, Therese, Pons, Xavier, Potts, Simon G., Pywell, Richard F., Ragsdale, David W., Rand, Tatyana A., Raymond, Lucie, Ricci, Benoît, Sargent, Chris, Sarthou, Jean-Pierre, Saulais, Julia, Schäckermann, Jessica, Schmidt, Nick P., Schneider, Gudrun, Schüepp, Christof, Sivakoff, Frances S., Smith, Henrik G., Stack Whitney, Kaitlin, Stutz, Sonja, Szendrei, Zsofia, Takada, Mayura B., Taki, Hisatomo, Tamburini, Giovanni, Thomson, Linda J., Tricault, Yann, Tsafack, Noelline, Tschumi, Matthias, Valantin-Morison, Muriel, Van Trinh, Mai, van der Werf, Wopke, Vierling, Kerri T., Werling, Ben P., Wickens, Jennifer B., Wickens, Victoria J., Woodcock, Ben A., Wyckhuys, Kris, Xiao, Haijun, Yasuda, Mika, Yoshioka, Akira, and Zou, Yi

Abstract

The idea that noncrop habitat enhances pest control and represents a win–win opportunity to conserve biodiversity and bolster yields has emerged as an agroecological paradigm. However, while noncrop habitat in landscapes surrounding farms sometimes benefits pest predators, natural enemy responses remain heterogeneous across studies and effects on pests are inconclusive. The observed heterogeneity in species responses to noncrop habitat may be biological in origin or could result from variation in how habitat and biocontrol are measured. Here, we use a pest-control database encompassing 132 studies and 6,759 sites worldwide to model natural enemy and pest abundances, predation rates, and crop damage as a function of landscape composition. Our results showed that although landscape composition explained significant variation within studies, pest and enemy abundances, predation rates, crop damage, and yields each exhibited different responses across studies, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing in landscapes with more noncrop habitat but overall showing no consistent trend. Thus, models that used landscape-composition variables to predict pest-control dynamics demonstrated little potential to explain variation across studies, though prediction did improve when comparing studies with similar crop and landscape features. Overall, our work shows that surrounding noncrop habitat does not consistently improve pest management, meaning habitat conservation may bolster production in some systems and depress yields in others. Future efforts to develop tools that inform farmers when habitat conservation truly represents a win–win would benefit from increased understanding of how landscape effects are modulated by local farm management and the biology of pests and their enemies.

Published
2018

14. Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

Author

Karp, Daniel S., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D., Martin, Emily A., Declerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E., Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, O’Rourke, Megan E., Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A., Schellhorn, Nancy A., Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D., Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L., Adler, Lynn S., Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M., Zubair Anjum, Muhammad, Avelino, Jacques, Batáry, Péter, Baveco, Johannes M., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J., Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Ćetković, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C., De La Mora, Aldo, De Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F., Eckberg, James O., Entling, Martin H., Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, van Veen, F.J.F., Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael P.D., Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J., Goodell, Peter B., Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L., Gurr, Geoff M., Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E., Herrmann, John D., Huseth, Anders S., Inclán, Diego J., Ingrao, Adam J., Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A., Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M., Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N., Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A., Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K., Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Filipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M., Menozzi, Philippe, Mitchell, Matthew G.E., Miyashita, Tadashi, Molina, Gonzalo A.R., Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., O’Neal, Matthew E., Opatovsky, Itai, Ortiz-Martinez, Sebaastian, Nash, Michael, Östman, Örjan, Ouin, Annie, Pak, Damie, Paredes, Daniel, Parsa, Soroush, Parry, Hazel, Perez-Alvarez, Ricardo, Perović, David J., Peterson, Julie A., Petit, Sandrine, Philpott, Stacy M., Plantegenest, Manuel, Plećaš, Milan, Pluess, Therese, Pons, Xavier, Potts, Simon G., Pywell, Richard F., Ragsdale, David W., Rand, Tatyana A., Raymond, Lucie, Ricci, Benoît, Sargent, Chris, Sarthou, Jean-Pierre, Saulais, Julia, Schäckermann, Jessica, Schmidt, Nick P., Schneider, Gudrun, Schüepp, Christof, Sivakoff, Frances S., Smith, Henrik G., Stack Whitney, Kaitlin, Stutz, Sonja, Szendrei, Zsofia, Takada, Mayura B., Taki, Hisatomo, Tamburini, Giovanni, Thomson, Linda J., Tricault, Yann, Tsafack, Noelline, Tschumi, Matthias, Valantin-Morison, Muriel, Van Trinh, Mai, Van Der Werf, Wopke, Vierling, Kerri T., Werling, Ben P., Wickens, Jennifer B., Wickens, Victoria J., Woodcock, Ben A., Wyckhuys, Kris, Xiao, Haijun, Yasuda, Mika, Yoshioka, Akira, Karp, Daniel S., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D., Martin, Emily A., Declerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E., Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, O’Rourke, Megan E., Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A., Schellhorn, Nancy A., Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D., Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L., Adler, Lynn S., Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M., Zubair Anjum, Muhammad, Avelino, Jacques, Batáry, Péter, Baveco, Johannes M., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J., Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Ćetković, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C., De La Mora, Aldo, De Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F., Eckberg, James O., Entling, Martin H., Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, van Veen, F.J.F., Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael P.D., Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J., Goodell, Peter B., Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L., Gurr, Geoff M., Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E., Herrmann, John D., Huseth, Anders S., Inclán, Diego J., Ingrao, Adam J., Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A., Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M., Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N., Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A., Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K., Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Filipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M., Menozzi, Philippe, Mitchell, Matthew G.E., Miyashita, Tadashi, Molina, Gonzalo A.R., Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., O’Neal, Matthew E., Opatovsky, Itai, Ortiz-Martinez, Sebaastian, Nash, Michael, Östman, Örjan, Ouin, Annie, Pak, Damie, Paredes, Daniel, Parsa, Soroush, Parry, Hazel, Perez-Alvarez, Ricardo, Perović, David J., Peterson, Julie A., Petit, Sandrine, Philpott, Stacy M., Plantegenest, Manuel, Plećaš, Milan, Pluess, Therese, Pons, Xavier, Potts, Simon G., Pywell, Richard F., Ragsdale, David W., Rand, Tatyana A., Raymond, Lucie, Ricci, Benoît, Sargent, Chris, Sarthou, Jean-Pierre, Saulais, Julia, Schäckermann, Jessica, Schmidt, Nick P., Schneider, Gudrun, Schüepp, Christof, Sivakoff, Frances S., Smith, Henrik G., Stack Whitney, Kaitlin, Stutz, Sonja, Szendrei, Zsofia, Takada, Mayura B., Taki, Hisatomo, Tamburini, Giovanni, Thomson, Linda J., Tricault, Yann, Tsafack, Noelline, Tschumi, Matthias, Valantin-Morison, Muriel, Van Trinh, Mai, Van Der Werf, Wopke, Vierling, Kerri T., Werling, Ben P., Wickens, Jennifer B., Wickens, Victoria J., Woodcock, Ben A., Wyckhuys, Kris, Xiao, Haijun, Yasuda, Mika, and Yoshioka, Akira

Abstract

The idea that noncrop habitat enhances pest control and represents a win–win opportunity to conserve biodiversity and bolster yields has emerged as an agroecological paradigm. However, while noncrop habitat in landscapes surrounding farms sometimes benefits pest predators, natural enemy responses remain heterogeneous across studies and effects on pests are inconclusive. The observed heterogeneity in species responses to noncrop habitat may be biological in origin or could result from variation in how habitat and biocontrol are measured. Here, we use a pest-control database encompassing 132 studies and 6,759 sites worldwide to model natural enemy and pest abundances, predation rates, and crop damage as a function of landscape composition. Our results showed that although landscape composition explained significant variation within studies, pest and enemy abundances, predation rates, crop damage, and yields each exhibited different responses across studies, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing in landscapes with more noncrop habitat but overall showing no consistent trend. Thus, models that used landscape-composition variables to predict pest-control dynamics demonstrated little potential to explain variation across studies, though prediction did improve when comparing studies with similar crop and landscape features. Overall, our work shows that surrounding noncrop habitat does not consistently improve pest management, meaning habitat conservation may bolster production in some systems and depress yields in others. Future efforts to develop tools that inform farmers when habitat conservation truly represents a win–win would benefit from increased understanding of how landscape effects are modulated by local farm management and the biology of pests and their enemies.

Published
2018

15. Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

Author

Karp, Daniel S., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D., Martin, Emily A., DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E., Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, O’Rourke, Megan E., Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A., Schellhorn, Nancy A., Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D., Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L., Adler, Lynn S., Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M., Anjum, Muhammad Zubair, Avelino, Jacques, Batáry, Péter, Baveco, Johannes M., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J., Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Ćetković, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C., De la Mora, Aldo, de Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F., Eckberg, James O., Entling, Martin H., Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, van Veen, F. J.Frank, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael P.D., Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J., Goodell, Peter B., Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L., Gurr, Geoff M., Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E., Herrmann, John D., Huseth, Anders S., Inclán, Diego J., Ingrao, Adam J., Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A., Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M., Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N., Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A., Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K., Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Filipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M., Menozzi, Philippe, Mitchell, Matthew G.E., Miyashita, Tadashi, Molina, Gonzalo A.R., Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., O’Neal, Matthew E., Opatovsky, Itai, Ortiz-Martinez, Sebaastian, Nash, Michael, Östman, Örjan, Ouin, Annie, Pak, Damie, Paredes, Daniel, Parsa, Soroush, Parry, Hazel, Perez-Alvarez, Ricardo, Perović, David J., Peterson, Julie A., Petit, Sandrine, Philpott, Stacy M., Plantegenest, Manuel, Plećas, Milan, Pluess, Therese, Pons, Xavier, Potts, Simon G., Pywell, Richard F., Ragsdale, David W., Rand, Tatyana A., Raymond, Lucie, Ricci, Benoît, Sargent, Chris, Sarthou, Jean Pierre, Saulais, Julia, Schäckermann, Jessica, Schmidt, Nick P., Schneider, Gudrun, Schüepp, Christof, Sivakoff, Frances S., Smith, Henrik G., Whitney, Kaitlin Stack, Stutz, Sonja, Szendrei, Zsofia, Takada, Mayura B., Taki, Hisatomo, Tamburini, Giovanni, Thomson, Linda J., Tricault, Yann, Tsafack, Noelline, Tschumi, Matthias, Valantin-Morison, Muriel, van Trinh, Mai, van der Werf, Wopke, Vierling, Kerri T., Werling, Ben P., Wickens, Jennifer B., Wickens, Victoria J., Woodcock, Ben A., Wyckhuys, Kris, Xiao, Haijun, Yasuda, Mika, Yoshioka, Akira, Zou, Yi, Karp, Daniel S., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Meehan, Timothy D., Martin, Emily A., DeClerck, Fabrice, Grab, Heather, Gratton, Claudio, Hunt, Lauren, Larsen, Ashley E., Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, O’Rourke, Megan E., Rusch, Adrien, Poveda, Katja, Jonsson, Mattias, Rosenheim, Jay A., Schellhorn, Nancy A., Tscharntke, Teja, Wratten, Stephen D., Zhang, Wei, Iverson, Aaron L., Adler, Lynn S., Albrecht, Matthias, Alignier, Audrey, Angelella, Gina M., Anjum, Muhammad Zubair, Avelino, Jacques, Batáry, Péter, Baveco, Johannes M., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Birkhofer, Klaus, Bohnenblust, Eric W., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brewer, Michael J., Caballero-López, Berta, Carrière, Yves, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Cayuela, Luis, Centrella, Mary, Ćetković, Aleksandar, Henri, Dominic Charles, Chabert, Ariane, Costamagna, Alejandro C., De la Mora, Aldo, de Kraker, Joop, Desneux, Nicolas, Diehl, Eva, Diekötter, Tim, Dormann, Carsten F., Eckberg, James O., Entling, Martin H., Fiedler, Daniela, Franck, Pierre, van Veen, F. J.Frank, Frank, Thomas, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael P.D., Getachew, Awraris, Gonthier, David J., Goodell, Peter B., Graziosi, Ignazio, Groves, Russell L., Gurr, Geoff M., Hajian-Forooshani, Zachary, Heimpel, George E., Herrmann, John D., Huseth, Anders S., Inclán, Diego J., Ingrao, Adam J., Iv, Phirun, Jacot, Katja, Johnson, Gregg A., Jones, Laura, Kaiser, Marina, Kaser, Joe M., Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N., Kishinevsky, Miriam, Landis, Douglas A., Lavandero, Blas, Lavigne, Claire, Le Ralec, Anne, Lemessa, Debissa, Letourneau, Deborah K., Liere, Heidi, Lu, Yanhui, Lubin, Yael, Luttermoser, Tim, Maas, Bea, Mace, Kevi, Madeira, Filipe, Mader, Viktoria, Cortesero, Anne Marie, Marini, Lorenzo, Martinez, Eliana, Martinson, Holly M., Menozzi, Philippe, Mitchell, Matthew G.E., Miyashita, Tadashi, Molina, Gonzalo A.R., Molina-Montenegro, Marco A., O’Neal, Matthew E., Opatovsky, Itai, Ortiz-Martinez, Sebaastian, Nash, Michael, Östman, Örjan, Ouin, Annie, Pak, Damie, Paredes, Daniel, Parsa, Soroush, Parry, Hazel, Perez-Alvarez, Ricardo, Perović, David J., Peterson, Julie A., Petit, Sandrine, Philpott, Stacy M., Plantegenest, Manuel, Plećas, Milan, Pluess, Therese, Pons, Xavier, Potts, Simon G., Pywell, Richard F., Ragsdale, David W., Rand, Tatyana A., Raymond, Lucie, Ricci, Benoît, Sargent, Chris, Sarthou, Jean Pierre, Saulais, Julia, Schäckermann, Jessica, Schmidt, Nick P., Schneider, Gudrun, Schüepp, Christof, Sivakoff, Frances S., Smith, Henrik G., Whitney, Kaitlin Stack, Stutz, Sonja, Szendrei, Zsofia, Takada, Mayura B., Taki, Hisatomo, Tamburini, Giovanni, Thomson, Linda J., Tricault, Yann, Tsafack, Noelline, Tschumi, Matthias, Valantin-Morison, Muriel, van Trinh, Mai, van der Werf, Wopke, Vierling, Kerri T., Werling, Ben P., Wickens, Jennifer B., Wickens, Victoria J., Woodcock, Ben A., Wyckhuys, Kris, Xiao, Haijun, Yasuda, Mika, Yoshioka, Akira, and Zou, Yi

Abstract

The idea that noncrop habitat enhances pest control and represents a win–win opportunity to conserve biodiversity and bolster yields has emerged as an agroecological paradigm. However, while noncrop habitat in landscapes surrounding farms sometimes benefits pest predators, natural enemy responses remain heterogeneous across studies and effects on pests are inconclusive. The observed heterogeneity in species responses to noncrop habitat may be biological in origin or could result from variation in how habitat and biocontrol are measured. Here, we use a pest-control database encompassing 132 studies and 6,759 sites worldwide to model natural enemy and pest abundances, predation rates, and crop damage as a function of landscape composition. Our results showed that although landscape composition explained significant variation within studies, pest and enemy abundances, predation rates, crop damage, and yields each exhibited different responses across studies, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing in landscapes with more noncrop habitat but overall showing no consistent trend. Thus, models that used landscape-composition variables to predict pest-control dynamics demonstrated little potential to explain variation across studies, though prediction did improve when comparing studies with similar crop and landscape features. Overall, our work shows that surrounding noncrop habitat does not consistently improve pest management, meaning habitat conservation may bolster production in some systems and depress yields in others. Future efforts to develop tools that inform farmers when habitat conservation truly represents a win–win would benefit from increased understanding of how landscape effects are modulated by local farm management and the biology of pests and their enemies.

Published
2018

16. Managing Colorado Potato Beetle Insecticide Resistance: New Tools and Strategies for the Next Decade of Pest Control in Potato

Author

Huseth, Anders S., Groves, Russell L., Chapman, Scott A., Alyokhin, Andrei, Kuhar, Thomas P., MacRae, Ian V., Szendrei, Zsofia, Nault, Brian A., Huseth, Anders S., Groves, Russell L., Chapman, Scott A., Alyokhin, Andrei, Kuhar, Thomas P., MacRae, Ian V., Szendrei, Zsofia, and Nault, Brian A.

Abstract

Neonicotinoid insecticides have been the most common management tool for Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), infestations in cultivated potato for nearly 20 yr. The relative ease of applying neonicotinoids at planting coupled with inexpensive, generic neonicotinoid formulations has reduced the incentive for potato growers to transition from these products to other mode of action (MoA) groups for early-season L. decemlineata control. Continuous use of neonicotinoids has resulted in resistant L. decemlineata populations in some production areas of the eastern United States. Continued reliance on neonicotinoids will accelerate L. decemlineata resistance development and result in additional insecticide inputs to manage these populations. Resistance management recommendations for L. decemlineata have focused on rotation of insecticides within the growing season. Growers using at-plant neonicotinoids for early-season L. decemlineata control are encouraged to rotate MoAs for later generations to delay resistance development. Although this short-term insecticide rotation has likely prolonged the utility of neonicotinoid insecticides, reducing reliance on a single MoA soil application at planting will improve the longevity of newer, more reduced-risk alternatives. The objectives of this article are twofold: 1) to provide a review of the current status of L. decemlineata neonicotinoid resistance, and 2) to propose long-term resistance management strategies that arrange reduced-risk MoA groups into several, multiyear sequences that will maximize L. decemlineata control and reduce the probability for resistance development. This recommendation maintains practical and economical approaches for L. decemlineata control, but limits reliance on any single MoA group to minimize selection pressure for resistance development.

Published
2014
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17. Managing Colorado Potato Beetle Insecticide Resistance: New Tools and Strategies for the Next Decade of Pest Control in Potato

Author

Entomology, Huseth, Anders S., Groves, Russell L., Chapman, Scott A., Alyokhin, Andrei, Kuhar, Thomas P., MacRae, Ian V., Szendrei, Zsofia, Nault, Brian A., Entomology, Huseth, Anders S., Groves, Russell L., Chapman, Scott A., Alyokhin, Andrei, Kuhar, Thomas P., MacRae, Ian V., Szendrei, Zsofia, and Nault, Brian A.

Abstract

Neonicotinoid insecticides have been the most common management tool for Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), infestations in cultivated potato for nearly 20 yr. The relative ease of applying neonicotinoids at planting coupled with inexpensive, generic neonicotinoid formulations has reduced the incentive for potato growers to transition from these products to other mode of action (MoA) groups for early-season L. decemlineata control. Continuous use of neonicotinoids has resulted in resistant L. decemlineata populations in some production areas of the eastern United States. Continued reliance on neonicotinoids will accelerate L. decemlineata resistance development and result in additional insecticide inputs to manage these populations. Resistance management recommendations for L. decemlineata have focused on rotation of insecticides within the growing season. Growers using at-plant neonicotinoids for early-season L. decemlineata control are encouraged to rotate MoAs for later generations to delay resistance development. Although this short-term insecticide rotation has likely prolonged the utility of neonicotinoid insecticides, reducing reliance on a single MoA soil application at planting will improve the longevity of newer, more reduced-risk alternatives. The objectives of this article are twofold: 1) to provide a review of the current status of L. decemlineata neonicotinoid resistance, and 2) to propose long-term resistance management strategies that arrange reduced-risk MoA groups into several, multiyear sequences that will maximize L. decemlineata control and reduce the probability for resistance development. This recommendation maintains practical and economical approaches for L. decemlineata control, but limits reliance on any single MoA group to minimize selection pressure for resistance development.

Published
2014

18. Estimating E-Race European Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Adult Activity in Snap Bean Fields Based on Corn Planting Intensity and Their Activity in Corn in New York Agroecosystems

Author

Schmidt-Jeffris, Rebecca A., Huseth, Anders S., Nault, Brian A., Schmidt-Jeffris, Rebecca A., Huseth, Anders S., and Nault, Brian A.

Abstract

European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), is a major pest of processing snap bean because larvae are contaminants in pods. The incidence of O. nubilalis-contaminated beans has become uncommon in New York, possibly because widespread adoption of Bt field corn has suppressed populations. Snap bean fields located where Bt corn has been intensively grown in space and time may be at lower risk for O. nubilalis than fields located where Bt corn is not common. To manage O. nubilalis infestation risk, growers determine insecticide application frequency in snap bean based on pheromone-trapping information in nearby sweet corn fields; adult activity is presumed equivalent in both crops. Our goal was to determine if corn planting intensity and adult activity in sweet corn could be used to estimate O. nubilalis populations in snap bean in New York in 2014-2015. Numbers of O nubilalis adults captured in pheromone-baited traps located in snap bean fields where corn was and was not intensively grown were similar, suggesting that O. nubilalis does not respond to local levels of Bt corn in the landscape. Numbers of Ostrinia nubilalis captured in pheromone-baited traps placed by snap bean fields and proximal sweet corn fields were not related, indicating that snap bean growers should no longer make control decisions based on adult activity in sweet corn. Our results also suggest that the risk of O. nubilalis infestations in snap bean is low (∼80% of the traps caught zero moths) and insecticide applications targeting this pest should be reduced or eliminated.

19. Evaluating an Action Threshold-Based Insecticide Program on Onion Cultivars Varying in Resistance to Onion Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

Author

Nault, Brian A., Huseth, Anders S., Nault, Brian A., and Huseth, Anders S.

Abstract

Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), is a highly destructive pest of onion, Allium cepa L., and its management relies on multiple applications of foliar insecticides. Development of insecticide resistance is common in T. tabaci populations, and new strategies are needed to relax existing levels of insecticide use, but still provide protection against T. tabaci without compromising marketable onion yield. An action threshold-based insecticide program combined with or without a thrips-resistant onion cultivar was investigated as an improved approach for managing T. tabaci infestations in commercial onion fields. Regardless of cultivar type, the average number of insecticide applications needed to manage T. tabaci infestations in the action-threshold based program was 4.3, while the average number of sprays in the standard weekly program was 7.2 (a 40% reduction). The mean percent reduction in numbers of applications following the action threshold treatment in the thrips-resistant onion cultivar, ‘Advantage', was 46.7% (range 40-50%) compared with the standard program, whereas the percentage reduction in applications in action threshold treatments in the thrips-susceptible onion cultivar, ‘Santana', was 34.3% (range 13-50%) compared with the standard program, suggesting a benefit of the thrips-resistant cultivar. Marketable bulb yields for both ‘Advantage' and ‘Santana' in the action threshold-based program were nearly identical to those in the standard program, indicating that commercially acceptable bulb yields will be generated with fewer insecticide sprays following an action threshold-based program, saving money, time and benefiting the environment.

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