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Diapause Regulation and Biological Control of Natural Enemy Insects

This special issue belongs to the section “Insect Pest and Vector Management“.

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Natural enemy insects are excellent biological control agents for the control of major crop pests and invasive pests. In recent years, countries all around the world have carried out research and used natural enemy insects, which have a good effect on the control of major pests, such as Fall Armyworms and corn borers.

This Special Issue focuses on the development regulation and biological control of natural enemies of insects, sharing the results of basic theoretical and applied evaluation studies.

Prof. Dr. Lisheng Zhang
Prof. Dr. Liansheng Zang
Dr. Su Wang
Dr. Jincheng Zhou
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • biological control
  • diapause
  • parasitoid
  • predators
  • egg parasitoid
  • mass production
  • host suitability
  • interspecific competition
  • intra-guild predation
  • sublethal effect
  • ecosystem ecology and functional ecology

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Insects - ISSN 2075-4450