Cereal aphids and their natural enemies: responses to landscape composition and agri-environment schemes

Wickens, V., Garratt, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0196-6013, Bailey, A. and Potts, S. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2045-980X (2013) Cereal aphids and their natural enemies: responses to landscape composition and agri-environment schemes. Aspects of Applied Biology, 121. pp. 187-192. ISSN 0265-1491

Abstract/Summary

There are potential conflicts between food security, biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services. Currently, there are still gaps in our understanding on the links between land use, biodiversity and ecosystem services; all have implications for sustainable agriculture. To improve food productivity in an ecologically friendly manner we should consider adapting current pest control techniques from being reliant on chemical means towards a more integrated approach. However, to do this, farmers and land owners require more information in order to make informed decisions. This brief review explores field level and landscape scale impacts on aphid control by their natural enemies. This will be done by exploring the effects of local field margin flower strips and two key landscape scale factors, winter wheat and lowland calcareous grasslands on aphids and their natural enemies. Research questions which need answering are discussed.

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URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/37163
Item Type	Article
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Sustainable Land Management > Centre for Agri-environmental Research (CAER)
Uncontrolled Keywords	Agriculture, Ecosystem Service, Natural-Enemy, Spatial Scale
Publisher	Association of Applied Biologists
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