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Parasitoid (Parasitology 🧬)

A parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, strategies range from living...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid

#Parasitoid #Parasitism #Parasitology #BiologicalPestControl

Nice to hear of a case where they actually managed to stop an #InvasiveSpecies, even after it has spread so far and wide.

https://youtu.be/oYE9OwUzzeI

#PricklyPearCactus #BiologicalPestControl

Aphids spring to life in spring | Master Gardener | Lifestyles https://www.allforgardening.com/1672239/aphids-spring-to-life-in-spring-master-gardener-lifestyles/ #agriculture #ant... #aphid #BiologicalPestControl #coccinellidae #garden #gardener #gardening #Honeydew(secretion) #hoverfly #insect #insecticide #insects #InsectsAndHumans #Kingdoms(biology) #leaf #organisms #plant #plants #SootyMold

Parasitoid (Parasitology 🧬)

In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, str...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid

#Parasitoid #Parasitism #Parasitology #BiologicalPestControl

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday, @Greenbirder !

#Rewilding #Gardening #BiologicalPestControl

#OpenAccess #NewArticle

#Oilseed rape (#OSR, Canola oil) is an important oil crop, but cultivation is #pesticide
intensive.

We inoculated plants with beneficial fungus Beauveria bassiana to see if it can protect them from pests.

Short answer: We had c. 30% success with endophytic colonisation and the colonised plants showed interesting metabolite developments but they still got eaten by the pests.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ps.7672

#SustainableAgriculture #BiologicalPestControl #Entomopathogens

In Germany, during her master thesis she studied the effects of strip-intercropping of wheat and oilseed rape for biodiversity and #BiologicalPestControl
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.14161

Re-#Introduction

New grand opening!

Just migrated my main account here from @scholar.social.

I'm an #agroecologist in Finland.

My research is oriented toward improving food sustainability through building capacity and policy that works for people and nature.

🐝 #Agroecology #FoodSystems #Biodiversity #Farming #Farmers #Farmland #AgriEnvironment #CAP
#Pollinators #BeneficialInsects
#BiologicalPestControl #NatureFriendlyFarming #SemiNaturalLandscapes #HomeGarden
🐝

#Introduction
My jam is agroecology, mainly the human aspects of farmland biodiversity conservation.

🐝 #SaveWildBees, the domesticated ones are livestock & doing just fine. 🐝

#Agroecology #FoodSystems #Biodiversity #Conservation #Farming #Farmers #Farmland #AgriEnvironment #CAP
#Pollinators #BeneficialInsects
#BiologicalPestControl #NatureFriendlyFarming #SustainableAgriculture #Sustainability
#SciComm #Outreach

#Introduction

My jam is agroecology, mainly the human aspects of farmland biodiversity conservation.

🐝 #SaveWildBees, the domesticated ones are livestock & doing just fine. 🐝

Senior Research Fellow #BiodiversityUnit, #UniversityofTurku.
#Finland

#Agroecology #FoodSystems #Biodiversity #Conservation #Farming #Farmers #Farmland #AgriEnvironment #CAP
#Pollinators #BeneficialInsects
#BiologicalPestControl #NatureFriendlyFarming #SustainableAgriculture #Sustainability
#SciComm #Outreach