FLOWERING PLANTS AND ENTOMOPHAGOUS ARTHROPODS IN THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: A PRACTISE-ORIENTED SUMMARY OF A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP

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Main Author: Zhizhi WANG, Pu TANG, Min SHI, Jianhua HUANG, Xuexin CHEN
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Language:English
Published: Higher Education Press 2022-03-01
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author Zhizhi WANG, Pu TANG, Min SHI, Jianhua HUANG, Xuexin CHEN
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description <List> <ListItem><ItemContent><p>● Most entomophagous arthropods consume nectar or pollen as alternative diets.</p></ItemContent></ListItem> <ListItem><ItemContent><p>● The attractive of floral resource with different traits varies in a wide degree.</p></ItemContent></ListItem> <ListItem><ItemContent><p>● Floral resource plays positive effects on not only entomophagous insects but also agricultural biodiversity, multiple ecosystem services and crop production.</p></ItemContent></ListItem></List></p> <p>There is a growing demand for high-quality agricultural products and more countries have adopted landscape management by sowing flowering plants in agricultural fields as an important branch of conservation biological control. However, there has been less concern over the interactions and trade-offs between floral plants and entomophagous arthropods. This paper review progress in pollen/nectar feeding habits of entomophagous insects including parasitoids and predators which are important natural enemies of crop pests in agricultural fields. Factors that influence the preference of different guilds of natural enemies are reviewed to guide the selection of flowering plants in conservation biological control practices. Most studies find that floral resources have positive effects on both biological traits of natural enemies and their abundance and diversity, and this is believed to contribute greatly to pest control. Furthermore, the potential impacts of floral resources on crop yields are also discussed with an emphasis on a guild of entomophagous insects that provides both pest control and pollination services.
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spelling doaj.art-a2ec22282e4944ab8c04cf996e74a8482023-07-05T10:06:54ZengHigher Education PressFrontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering2095-75052022-03-0191637410.15302/J-FASE-2021427FLOWERING PLANTS AND ENTOMOPHAGOUS ARTHROPODS IN THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: A PRACTISE-ORIENTED SUMMARY OF A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPZhizhi WANG, Pu TANG, Min SHI, Jianhua HUANG, Xuexin CHEN01. Institute of Insect Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;2. Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;3. Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;4. State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China<List> <ListItem><ItemContent><p>● Most entomophagous arthropods consume nectar or pollen as alternative diets.</p></ItemContent></ListItem> <ListItem><ItemContent><p>● The attractive of floral resource with different traits varies in a wide degree.</p></ItemContent></ListItem> <ListItem><ItemContent><p>● Floral resource plays positive effects on not only entomophagous insects but also agricultural biodiversity, multiple ecosystem services and crop production.</p></ItemContent></ListItem></List></p> <p>There is a growing demand for high-quality agricultural products and more countries have adopted landscape management by sowing flowering plants in agricultural fields as an important branch of conservation biological control. However, there has been less concern over the interactions and trade-offs between floral plants and entomophagous arthropods. This paper review progress in pollen/nectar feeding habits of entomophagous insects including parasitoids and predators which are important natural enemies of crop pests in agricultural fields. Factors that influence the preference of different guilds of natural enemies are reviewed to guide the selection of flowering plants in conservation biological control practices. Most studies find that floral resources have positive effects on both biological traits of natural enemies and their abundance and diversity, and this is believed to contribute greatly to pest control. Furthermore, the potential impacts of floral resources on crop yields are also discussed with an emphasis on a guild of entomophagous insects that provides both pest control and pollination services.https://academic.hep.com.cn/fase/fileup/2095-7505/PDF/30586/1632477277529-2065790756.pdfecosystem services|flowering plants|natural enemies|nectar|pollen
spellingShingle Zhizhi WANG, Pu TANG, Min SHI, Jianhua HUANG, Xuexin CHEN
FLOWERING PLANTS AND ENTOMOPHAGOUS ARTHROPODS IN THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: A PRACTISE-ORIENTED SUMMARY OF A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP
Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering
ecosystem services|flowering plants|natural enemies|nectar|pollen
title FLOWERING PLANTS AND ENTOMOPHAGOUS ARTHROPODS IN THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: A PRACTISE-ORIENTED SUMMARY OF A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP
title_full FLOWERING PLANTS AND ENTOMOPHAGOUS ARTHROPODS IN THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: A PRACTISE-ORIENTED SUMMARY OF A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP
title_fullStr FLOWERING PLANTS AND ENTOMOPHAGOUS ARTHROPODS IN THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: A PRACTISE-ORIENTED SUMMARY OF A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP
title_full_unstemmed FLOWERING PLANTS AND ENTOMOPHAGOUS ARTHROPODS IN THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: A PRACTISE-ORIENTED SUMMARY OF A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP
title_short FLOWERING PLANTS AND ENTOMOPHAGOUS ARTHROPODS IN THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: A PRACTISE-ORIENTED SUMMARY OF A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP
title_sort flowering plants and entomophagous arthropods in the agricultural landscape a practise oriented summary of a complex relationship
topic ecosystem services|flowering plants|natural enemies|nectar|pollen
url https://academic.hep.com.cn/fase/fileup/2095-7505/PDF/30586/1632477277529-2065790756.pdf
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