Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most cultivated crops in temperate climates. As its pests are mainly controlled with insecticides which are harmful to the environment and human health, alternative practices such as intercropping have been studied for their potential to promote biological control. Fifty original research papers were obtained from a systematic search of the peer-reviewed literature. Results from a vote-counting analysis indicated that, in the majority of studies, pest abundance was significantly reduced in intercropping systems compared with pure stands. However, the occurrence of their natural enemies as well as predation and parasitism rates were not significantly increased. Nevertheless, other practices could be combined with intercropping to favour natural enemies and enhance pest control. Dispersal of viruses is intimately tied to their vectors. Aphids are known to invest in costly antipredator behavior when perceiving cues of predators. Before presenting the results and the answers to the previous questions, a brief research was conducted in order to have an overview of the intercropping on the spread of aphids, to assess the potential impact of intercropping systems attracting natural enemies on the virus transmission. We studied aphid antipredator behavior in intercropping with wheat-broad bean (Vicia faba L.) as a model. The bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi Linnaeus, is an important vector of the barley yellow dwarf virus. The effects of two natural aphid enemies, adult and larvae of the seven-spot ladybeetle, Coccinella septempunctata Linneaus, on R. padi dispersion was studied under laboratory conditions. Results show that in receptor lines (other lines than the source one), two hours after the experiment started, aphids were more abundant in monoculture than intercropping in the presence of ladybeetle adults and larvae and after 24 hours, it was still the case in the presence of predatory larvae. These results might be explained by the non-host plant chemical cues ...