1. Application of chemical elicitor (Z)-3-hexenol enhances direct and indirect plant defenses against tea geometrid Ectropis obliqua

   • Zhaojun Xin
   • Xiwang Li
   • Xiaoling Sun

   OriginalPaper 30 July 2015 Pages: 1 - 12

   

2. Density-dependent dispersal in biological control agents: a reflexion on the side-effects of mass-rearing conditions

   • Antoine Zboralski
   • Marine Vilarelle
   • Elodie Vercken

   OriginalPaper 08 September 2015 Pages: 13 - 22

   

3. Laboratory and field studies to evaluate the potential of an open rearing system of Lysiphlebus testaceipes for the control of Aphis craccivora in Argentina

   • Leticia Zumoffen
   • Julia Tavella
   • Adriana Salvo

   OriginalPaper 26 September 2015 Pages: 23 - 33

   

4. Movement of three aphidophagous ladybird species between alfalfa and maize revealed by carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis

   • Antonella di Lascio
   • Filipe Madeira
   • Xavier Pons

   OriginalPaper 08 September 2015 Pages: 35 - 46

   

5. Does a supplemental food improve the effectiveness of predatory bugs on cucumber?

   • Marta F. Oveja
   • Jordi Riudavets
   • Rosa Gabarra

   OriginalPaper 25 July 2015 Pages: 47 - 56

   

6. Effects of ten naturally occurring sugars on the reproductive success of the green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea

   • Darinka Gonzalez
   • Anabela Nave
   • Laura Torres

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2015 Pages: 57 - 67

   

7. Improvement of the mass rearing of larvae of the neotropical lacewing Chrysoperla externa through the incorporation of a new semiliquid artificial diet

   • M. Haramboure
   • L. Mirande
   • MI Schneider

   OriginalPaper 29 September 2015 Pages: 69 - 78

   

8. Can alternative host plant and prey affect phytophagy and biological control by the zoophytophagous mirid Nesidiocoris tenuis?

   • Antonio Biondi
   • Lucia Zappalà
   • Gaetano Siscaro

   OriginalPaper 11 October 2015 Pages: 79 - 90

   

9. A TaqMan-based qPCR assay for quantitative detection of the biocontrol agents Bacillus subtilis strain QST713 and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum strain D747

   • Caterina Rotolo
   • Rita Milvia De Miccolis Angelini
   • Francesco Faretra

   OriginalPaper 16 October 2015 Pages: 91 - 101

   

10. Weeds within willow short-rotation coppices alter the arthropod community and improve biological control of the blue willow beetle

    • Jörg G. Stephan
    • Johannes Albertsson
    • Mario Porcel

    OriginalPaper 28 July 2015 Pages: 103 - 114