Food security, as far as horticultural production is concerned, requires research into pest control methods at all stages of production. Tephritid fruit flies are among the most serious agricultural pests worldwide, owing ...

Expanded global trade and improved modes of transportation have shortened the duration of movement between countries but have also increased and aided the spread of alien species. The latter has been aggravated by the ...

Oviposition decisions are a prominent example of behaviour directly affecting the fitness, abundance, distribution, and population dynamics of holometabolous insects. Due to eggs being immobile and adult insects often not ...