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

Enjoying watching my little colony of paper wasps doing their thing at my front door.

More wasps = less bugs and grubs.

Not 100% but think these are Ropalidia Revolutionaris

#compostodon
#wasps
#biologicalpestcontrol
#gardening

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

#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

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