Honeydew management to promote biological control

Honeydew is the excretion of plant-feeding hemipterans and it is one of the most abundant source of carbohydrates for parasitoids and predators in agroecosystems. Being so abundant, honeydew mediates direct and indirect interactions that affect biological control. We describe these interactions and...

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Autores principales: Fernández-de-Bobadilla, Maite, Ramírez, Natalia M., Calvo-Agudo, Miguel, Dicke, Marcel, Tena, Alejandro
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8821
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214574523001487
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author Fernández-de-Bobadilla, Maite
Ramírez, Natalia M.
Calvo-Agudo, Miguel
Dicke, Marcel
Tena, Alejandro
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Dicke, Marcel
Fernández-de-Bobadilla, Maite
Ramírez, Natalia M.
Tena, Alejandro
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Ramírez, Natalia M.
Calvo-Agudo, Miguel
Dicke, Marcel
Tena, Alejandro
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description Honeydew is the excretion of plant-feeding hemipterans and it is one of the most abundant source of carbohydrates for parasitoids and predators in agroecosystems. Being so abundant, honeydew mediates direct and indirect interactions that affect biological control. We describe these interactions and identify honeydew-management strategies to reduce pest pressure. First, the presence of nondamaging honeydew producers in cover crops and hedges increases the efficacy of parasitoids and predators. Second, breaking the mutualism between ants and honeydew-producing pests with alternative sugar sources promotes biological control of these pests. Third, we propose to explore honeydew volatiles to attract biological control agents and repel pests, as well as to induce plant defenses. Finally, we urge reducing the use of systemic pesticides that contaminate honeydew and negatively affect biological control agents that feed on it. Overall, we propose that honeydew management is integrated in pest management programs to contribute to sustainable agriculture.
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spelling ReDivia88212025-04-25T14:49:29Z Honeydew management to promote biological control Fernández-de-Bobadilla, Maite Ramírez, Natalia M. Calvo-Agudo, Miguel Dicke, Marcel Tena, Alejandro Mutualism H10 Pests of plants P01 Nature conservation and land resources T01 Pollution L20 Animal ecology Honeydew Biological control Ants Volatile compounds Natural enemies Plant defense reactions Sustainable agriculture Chemical contamination Plant insecticides Sternorrhyncha Honeydew is the excretion of plant-feeding hemipterans and it is one of the most abundant source of carbohydrates for parasitoids and predators in agroecosystems. Being so abundant, honeydew mediates direct and indirect interactions that affect biological control. We describe these interactions and identify honeydew-management strategies to reduce pest pressure. First, the presence of nondamaging honeydew producers in cover crops and hedges increases the efficacy of parasitoids and predators. Second, breaking the mutualism between ants and honeydew-producing pests with alternative sugar sources promotes biological control of these pests. Third, we propose to explore honeydew volatiles to attract biological control agents and repel pests, as well as to induce plant defenses. Finally, we urge reducing the use of systemic pesticides that contaminate honeydew and negatively affect biological control agents that feed on it. Overall, we propose that honeydew management is integrated in pest management programs to contribute to sustainable agriculture. 2024-03-14T11:20:00Z 2024-03-14T11:20:00Z 2024 article publishedVersion Fernández-de-Bobadilla, M., Ramírez, N. M., Calvo-Agudo, M., Dicke, M. & Tena, A. (2024). Honeydew management to promote biological control. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 61, 101151. 2214-5753 (Online ISSN) 2214-5745 (Print ISSN) https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8821 10.1016/j.cois.2023.101151 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214574523001487 en This research was partially supported by the projects: EUR2020-112293 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the European Union “NextGenerationEU”/PRTR, NECOTDIM (INNEST/2021/305) funded by “Agència Valenciana de la Innovació” of the “Generalitat Valenciana”, and the project IVIA-GVA 52202 funded by Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (this project is susceptible of being cofinanced by the European Union through the ERDF Program 2021–2027 Comunitat Valenciana). info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ERDF/PCV 2021-2027/52202/ES/Control biológico de plagas y enfermedades como pieza clave en el impulso de la Sostenibilidad de los cultivos agrarios de la Comunidad Valenciana/SOSTENIBLE Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ openAccess Elsevier electronico
spellingShingle Mutualism
H10 Pests of plants
P01 Nature conservation and land resources
T01 Pollution
L20 Animal ecology
Honeydew
Biological control
Ants
Volatile compounds
Natural enemies
Plant defense reactions
Sustainable agriculture
Chemical contamination
Plant insecticides
Sternorrhyncha
Fernández-de-Bobadilla, Maite
Ramírez, Natalia M.
Calvo-Agudo, Miguel
Dicke, Marcel
Tena, Alejandro
Honeydew management to promote biological control
title Honeydew management to promote biological control
title_full Honeydew management to promote biological control
title_fullStr Honeydew management to promote biological control
title_full_unstemmed Honeydew management to promote biological control
title_short Honeydew management to promote biological control
title_sort honeydew management to promote biological control
topic Mutualism
H10 Pests of plants
P01 Nature conservation and land resources
T01 Pollution
L20 Animal ecology
Honeydew
Biological control
Ants
Volatile compounds
Natural enemies
Plant defense reactions
Sustainable agriculture
Chemical contamination
Plant insecticides
Sternorrhyncha
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8821
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214574523001487
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