Manuel Plantegenest

Scouting ecological drivers of natural enemies in citrus orchards: implications for biological control in the Corsican agricultural landscape

The paper investigates how landscape complexity and management practices affect natural enemy distribution in Corsican citrus orchards, finding that organic farming and landscape heterogeneity support greater biodiversity.

Healthy soils, rising pests? Stopping plowing improves soil quality but increases wireworm infestation: evidence from a long-term field study

This study shows that reducing plowing improves soil quality but increases wireworm infestation over five years in a field setting.

Unveiling the Hidden Feast: translating molecular detection into predation rate. An example on biological control by generalist predators in agricultural fields.

The paper develops a Hierarchical Bayesian Model to estimate predation rates using molecular detection data and field/laboratory observations, applied to carabid beetles in agricultural fields.

DNA metabarcoding diet analysis reveals dynamic feeding behaviour and biological control potential of carabid farmland communities

This study uses DNA metabarcoding to analyze the diet of carabid beetles in farmland, revealing that crop type and location strongly influence their feeding behavior and biological control potential.