CHEMICAL CUES INDUCED FROM FLY-OVIPOSITION MEDIATE THE HOST-SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF FOPIUS ARISANUS (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE), AN EFFECTIVE EGG PARASITOID OF BACTROCERA DORSALIS (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE), WITHIN A TRITROPHIC CONTEXT

Chemical Cues Induced from Fly-Oviposition Mediate the Host-Seeking Behaviour of Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an Effective Egg Parasitoid of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae), within a Tritrophic Context

Fopius arisanus is a solitary endoparasitoid that parasitizes a variety of tephritid species.Native to the Indo-Australian region, it is currently exploited worldwide as a biological control agent due to its exceptional efficiency in reducing pest populations.The efficiency of any biological control program is affected by the host location ability

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Optimal Scheduling of Energy Storage Systems with Private Ownership Based on a Stochastic-Robust Hybrid Optimization Model in Energy and Ancillary Services Markets

In this paper, the problem of participation of a Battery Energy Storage (BES) in the Day-Ahead Market (DAM) and Real-Time Market (RTM) in three cases including Joint Energy and Reactive Power Market (JERPM), Energy Market (EM) and Energy and Reserve Market (ERM) is modeled based on a hybrid Stochastic Robust Optimization (SRO) model and it tries to

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