03295naa a2200649 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400520006010000230011224500960013526000090023152015260024065000160176665000300178265000200181265000260183265000240185865000210188265000140190370000110191770000190192870000160194770000200196370000220198370000180200570000200202370000220204370000160206570000220208170000280210370000150213170000220214670000160216870000160218470000140220070000180221470000160223270000170224870000140226570000120227970000220229170000240231370000170233770000270235470000180238170000240239970000160242370000190243970000260245870000200248470000190250470000170252370000110254070000110255170000160256277300670257821792152025-10-06       2025    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 ahttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.1096832DOI1 aWYCKHUYS, K. A. G.  aBiological control mitigates spread of vector-borne plant pathogens.h[electronic resource]  c2025  aABSTRACT- Diseases caused by vector-borne plant pathogens cause adverse impacts on yield resilience, food security, and farmer livelihoods, which are bound to aggravate under global change. Biological control is routinely discounted as a mitigation strategy for plant diseases, partially due to scarce and inconclusive empirical support. Here, using curated field survey data for 58 persistently or semi-persistently transmitted pathogens, we employ a multi- method approach to assess the role of resident (i.e., naturally occurring) biological control agents in these pathosystems. Our meta-analyses show how in planta pathogen incidence is strongly affected by vector abun- dance and infectivity. Meanwhile, biological control agent density negatively affects vector abundance and slows vector population build-up. Together, these relationships suggest that biological control lessens pathogen inci- dence by reducing vector abundance, though a paucity of data impedes direct, empirical demonstration of this effect. In particular, bipartite (mainly vector × pathogen) interactions have only been uncovered under field conditions for less than half of focal pathosystems. More so, just 5 % of studies simultaneously reported path- ogen, vector, and biological control agent densities. Our study contests the long-standing dogma that arthropod- vectored pathogens cannot be mitigated through biological control, and accentuates how observational or manipulative field studies are imperative to grasp its full potential.  aAgroecology  aBiological control agents  aPlant pathogens  aVector-borne diseases  aControle Biológico  aEcologia Vegetal  aPatógeno1 aY. ZOU1 aCROWDER, D. W.1 aADRIANI, E.1 aALBAYTAR, A. B.1 aBELTRAN, M. J. B.1 aBEN FEKIH, I.1 aCAMARGO-GIL, C.1 aSANTA CRUZ, F. C.1 aCÍCERO, L.1 aCOLMENAREZ, Y. C.1 aCUELLAR-PALACIOS, C. M.1 aDUBOIS, T.1 aEIGENBRODE, S. D.1 aFRANCIS, F.1 aFERERES, A.1 aHADDI, K.1 aKHAMIS, F. M.1 aLE LANN, C.1 aLE RALEC, A.1 aLOPEZ, L.1 aLYU, B.1 aMONTOYA-LERMA, J.1 aMUÑOZ-CADERNAS, K.1 aNURKOMAR, I.1 aPALMEROS-SUAREZ, P. A.1 aPERIER, J. D.1 aRAMÍREZ-ROMERO, R.1 aROUDINE, S.1 aSANCHES, M. M.1 aSANCHEZ-GARCIA, F. J.1 aSIGNABON, F. B.1 aBAAREN, J. van1 aVÁSQUEZ, C.1 aXU, P.1 aLU, Y.1 aELKAHKY, M.  tAgriculture, Ecosystems and Environmentgv. 388, 109683, 2025.