Revealing parasitoid-pest interactions using multi-marker metabarcoding: a nationwide assessment of parasitism in cabbage stem flea beetle larvae
Management of insect pests of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) such as cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB; Psylliodes chrysocephala L.) is increasingly challenging given a lack of effective permitted insecticides. Conservation biocontrol, including through naturally-occurring parasitoids of CSFB, is one of the first lines...