Biological Control Against Horticultural Pests
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2024 | Viewed by 689
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biological control; systhemic acquerid resistance; semiochemicals; organic agriculture; agroecology
Interests: integrated pest management; intercropping; conservation biological control; fertilization; organic/sustainable agriculture
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biological control is being increasingly adopted in horticultural crops worldwide, primarily due to concerns regarding the contamination of fruits and vegetables and the lack of efficiency in the application of a sole chemical control. Integrated pest management programs incorporating biological control modalities may succeed in enhancing the sustainability of agriculture. Overall, biological control is permitted in relation to organic agriculture legislations.
The continuation of research worldwide may enhance the possibilities of utilizing alternative natural solutions to replace synthetic ones. This Special Issue aims to publish recent studies and proposals for the correct usage of predators, pathogens, and parasitoids for controlling horticultural crop pests via classical, conservative, and augmentative methods. Recent findings relating to innovative aspects of this technology and considerations for its improvement in practice, its sole usage or association with other natural products, as well as articles addressing measures to overcome eventual limitations, are welcome.
Dr. Mauricio Ursi Ventura
Dr. Fernando Teruhiko Teruhiko Hata
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Arthropoda
- entomopathogens
- parasitoids
- predators
