Listando ARTICLES CIENTÍFICS por autor/a "Agustí, Nuria"
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Banker plants and landscape composition influence colonisation precocity of tomato greenhouses by mirid predators
Ardanuy, Agnès; Figueras, Martí; Matas, Montserrat; Arnó, Judit; Agustí, Nuria; Alomar, Òscar; Albajes, Ramon; Gabarra, Rosa (Journal of Pest Sciene, 2021-05-27) Protecció Vegetal SostenibleConservation biological control involves manipulation of the environment to enhance the effectiveness of natural enemies in controlling crop pests. In this study, we combined historical data, sticky ... -
Can Insectary Plants Enhance the Presence of Natural Enemies of the Green Peach Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Mediterranean Peach Orchards?
Aparicio, Yahana; Riudavets, Jordi; Gabarra, Rosa; Agustí, Nuria; Rodríguez-Gasol, Neus; Alins, Georgina; Blasco-Moreno, Anabel; Arnó, Judit (Journal of Economic Entomology, 2021-01-22) Protecció Vegetal Sostenible; FructiculturaConservation biological control could be an alternative to insecticides for the management of the aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer). To develop sustainable strategies for M. persicae control in peach orchards ... -
Detection and identification of five common internal grain insect pests by multiplex PCR
Solà, Mireia; Riudavets, Jordi; Agustí, Nuria (Food Control, 2017-08-07) Protecció Vegetal SostenibleConsumer demands for better quality food have led to research on new tools aimed at early detection of insect pests in agro food industries. In these industries, internal grain feeders are the most ... -
Development and biomass composition of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), and Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) reared on different byproducts of the agri-food industry
Riudavets, Jordi; Castañé, Cristina; Agustí, Nuria; Del Arco, Lidia; Diaz, Isabel; Castellari, Massimo (Journal of Insect Science, 2020-08-18) Protecció Vegetal Sostenible; Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària; Funcionalitat i Seguretat AlimentàriaThe aim of this study was to evaluate five agro-industrial byproducts (apricots, brewer’s spent grains, brewer’s spent yeast, feed mill byproducts including broken cereal grains, and hatchery waste ... -
Development of a multiprimer metabarcoding approach to understanding trophic interactions in agroecosystems
Batuecas, Ivan; Alomar, Oscar; Castañe, Cristina; Piñol, Josep; Boyer, Stéphane; Gallardo-Montoya, Lorena; Agustí, Nuria (Insect Science, 2021-12-14) Protecció Vegetal SostenibleTo understand trophic interactions and the precise ecological role of each predatory species, it is important to know which arthropod and plant resources are used by generalist predators in agroecosystems. ... -
Development of a PCR-based method for the screening of potential predators of the African citrus psyllid Trioza erytreae (Del Guercio)
Molina, Paula; Martínez-Ferrer, María Teresa; Campos-Rivela, José Miguel; Riudavets, Jordi; Agustí, Nuria (Biological Control, 2021-05-10) Protecció Vegetal SostenibleTrioza erytreae is one of the vectors of Huanglongbing (HLB), the main global citrus groves threat. Since its recent detection in the north-western Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), its contention ... -
Development of a PCR‐based method to monitor arthropod dispersal in agroecosystems: Macrolophus pygmaeus (Hemiptera: Miridae) from banker plants to tomato crops
Agustí, Nuria; Castañé, Cristina; Fraile, Irene; Alomar, Oscar (Insect Science, 2019-08-16) Protecció Vegetal SostenibleDevelopment of conservation biological control programs requires the identification of sources that contribute to predator colonization of crops. Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur) (Hemiptera: Miridae) is ... -
Disentangling arthropod and plant resources consumed by Orius spp. in peach and alfalfa crops by metagenomic analysis
Batuecas, Iván; Alomar, Oscar; Castañé, Cristina; Piñol, Josep; Gallardo-Montoya, Lorena; Agustí, Nuria (Journal of Pest Science, 2022-09-08) Protecció Vegetal SostenibleAgricultural intensification is affecting the biological control of insect pests, an important component for sustainable crop production. To understand the changing patterns of insect abundance within ... -
Efficacy of Selected Insecticides for Chemical Control of the African Citrus Psyllid, Trioza erytreae (Psylloidea: Triozidae)
Molina, Paula; Hernández-Suárez, Estrella; Rizza, Rositta; Martínez-Ferrer, María Teresa; Campos-Rivela, José Miguel; Agustí, Nuria; Siverio, Felipe; Hervalejo, Aurea; Arenas-Arenas, Francisco José (Agronomy, 2022-02-10) Protecció Vegetal SostenibleThe recent spread of the African citrus psyllid, Trioza erytreae, one of the vectors of the devastating citrus disease, Huanglongbing (HLB), to parts of mainland Europe has created considerable concern. ... -
Molecular tracking of insect dispersal to verify arthropod predator movement from an alfalfa field to a peach orchard
Batuecas, Iván; Agustí, Nuria; Castañé, Cristina; Alomar, Oscar (Biological Control, 2020-12-10) Protecció Vegetal SostenibleImplementation of landscape approaches to conservation biological control programs requires the confirmation of putative sources that contribute to predator colonization of crops. Several predator species ... -
Naturalized Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris complement the resident parasitoid complex of Tuta absoluta in North-eastern Spain
Denis, Carmen; Riudavets, Jordi; Alomar, Oscar; Agustí, Nuria; Gonzalez-Valero, Helena; Cubí, Martina; Matas, Montserrat; Rodríguez, David; van Achterberg, Kees; Arnó, Judit (Journal of Applied Entomology, 2022-03-09) Protecció Vegetal SostenibleOur work reports on the establishment of the neotropical parasitoid Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris Marsh (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the first time in Europe. This larval parasitoid has been recorded ... -
Releases of the parasitoid Anisopteromalus calandrae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) can control Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in big bags of paddy rice
Riudavets, Jordi; Martínez-Ferrer, Mª Teresa; Campos-Rivela, José Miguel; Agustí, Nuria; Castañé, Cristina (Biological Control, 2021-08-12) Protecció Vegetal SostenibleSitophilus zeamais is a key pest in stored rice in Spain and other Mediterranean countries. Today, it is mostly controlled with a few pesticides, such as pyrethroids or phosphine. Apart from the problem ... -
Sequencing of Tuta absoluta genome to develop SNP genotyping assays for species identification
Tabuloc, Christine A.; Lewald, Kyle M.; Conner, William R.; Lee, Yoosook; Lee, Ernest K.; Cain, Alexander B.; Godfrey, Kristine E.; Arnó, Judit; Agustí, Nuria; Perini, Clerison R.; Guedes, Jerson, C.; Zalom, Frank G.; Chiu, Joanna C. (Journal of Pest Science, 2019-04-11) Protecció Vegetal SostenibleTuta absoluta is one of the most devastating pests of fresh market and processing tomatoes. Native to South America, its detection was confined to that continent until 2006 when it was identified in ... -
Survey of Trogoderma spp. in Spanish mills and warehouses
Castañé, Cristina; Agustí, Nuria; del Estal, Pedro; Riudavets, Jordi (Journal of Stored Products Research, 2020-08-02) Protecció Vegetal SostenibleThe distribution of Trogoderma granarium Everts has expanded steadily in recent years. This is a very destructive coleopteran species with many economic implications for the trade of grains in countries ... -
Using flower strips to promote green lacewings to control cabbage insect pests
Alcalá Herrera, Rafael; Cotes, Belén; Agustí, Nuria; Tasin, Marco; Porcel, Mario (Journal of Pest Science, 2021-08-23) Protecció Vegetal SostenibleHabitat management improves biological control by increasing the abundance and fitness of natural enemies through the provision of floral resources along field edges or between crops. Among the natural ...