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Ecological Management of Insect Pests

A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2022) | Viewed by 5468

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Linhong Jin

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State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
Interests: crop protection; pesticide application; insect behavior; biocontrol; biostimulants; agricultural entomology; ecology management; natural enemies

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Integrated pest management (IPM) is pest control actions that ensure favorable economic, ecological, and social consequences and are applicable to most agricultural pest management situations. Ecological pest management (EPM) shares many fundamentals of IPM considering the stability of natural ecosystems as the most important goal along with good yield of crop cultivation.

This Special Issue on “Ecological Management of Insect Pests” has been set up to showcase such tactics and advances. Based on your expertise, we invite you to consider submitting a contribution to this Special Issue. Original research articles and reviews are accepted. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Prof. Linhong Jin
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • crop protection
  • pests and diseases
  • ecological agriculture
  • agricultural entomology
  • biological control
  • ecology management
  • natural enemies
  • nematodes
  • pest control

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Two-Sex Life Table Analysis of the Predator Arma chinensis (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and the Prediction of Its Ability to Suppress Populations of Scopula subpunctaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
by Kunqian Cao, Rongmeng Lan, Xiuju Yang, Bing Gong, Jingjing Zhang, Xia Zhou and Linhong Jin
Agriculture 2023, 13(6), 1254; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13061254 - 15 Jun 2023
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Scopula subpunctaria (Herrich-Schaeffer) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) is a leaf-eating pest in tea plantations that often causes serious economic losses. Arma chinensis (Fallou) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) as a polyphagous insect has become one of the main biological control agents for tea plantation pests due to its [...] Read more.
Scopula subpunctaria (Herrich-Schaeffer) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) is a leaf-eating pest in tea plantations that often causes serious economic losses. Arma chinensis (Fallou) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) as a polyphagous insect has become one of the main biological control agents for tea plantation pests due to its wide feeding habit, predatory ability, and adaptability. However, studies related to the predation using A. chinensis on the third instar S. subpunctaria have not been reported. In this study, we used the age-stage, two-sex life table method to analyze the developmental duration and fecundity of S. subpunctaria fed on tea, and A. chinensis fed on third instar S. subpunctaria larvae, under a 25 °C regime. The growth, development, survival, fecundity, and predation rates of the insect populations were investigated. The results showed that the predator and the prey can complete their respective life histories, but the developmental durations at each stage were different, and the developmental stages overlapped significantly. In addition, we used the computer program TIMING-MSChart to project the stage structure and the total population size of A. chinensis and S. subpunctaria. We also simulated the population changes of S. subpunctaria using an A. chinensis intervention. These results showed that S. subpunctaria can support A. chinensis to finish its life history and A. chinensis has great potential to control S. subpunctaria. This study contributes to the understanding of the biological characteristics of S. subpunctaria and provides a theoretical basis for releasing A. chinensis in the field to suppress S. subpunctaria. Full article
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Spatiotemporal Distribution Patterns of Pest Species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Affected by Meteorological Factors in an Agroecosystem
by Zafar Hussain, Zahid Mahmood Sarwar, Atif Akbar, Sadeq K. Alhag, Nazeer Ahmed, Pravej Alam, Abdulrahman A. Almadiy, Ferjeni Zouidi and Nilesh Baburao Jawalkar
Agriculture 2022, 12(12), 2003; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12122003 - 24 Nov 2022
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Knowing pests’ spatiotemporal distribution patterns is essential for forecasting population outbreaks and designing control tactics or long-term management plans. The family Noctuidae is one of the largest families of the Lepidoptera order. The noctuid’s moths are well represented in all zoogeographic regions in [...] Read more.
Knowing pests’ spatiotemporal distribution patterns is essential for forecasting population outbreaks and designing control tactics or long-term management plans. The family Noctuidae is one of the largest families of the Lepidoptera order. The noctuid’s moths are well represented in all zoogeographic regions in various habitats and have immeasurable ecological and economic importance. Although the species’ ecology has been extensively studied, little is known about the spatial and temporal distribution patterns of noctuid moths in an agroecosystem. Therefore, in this study, the spatial and temporal fluctuations in the abundance of 24 important species in the family were quantified. Yellow light traps were mounted in 11 different selected localities of the Multan district. The maximum species abundance was observed in September but declined in December, January, and February. Spatial contour maps were used to determine the species’ dissemination over space. Meteorological factors such as temperature and humidity showed a significantly positive correlation, while rainfall showed a significantly negative correlation, with species richness. The maximum species abundance was recorded in crop areas as compared to forest areas. This study provides a scientific basis for developing and timely applying control strategies for localized pest control. Full article
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Evaluation of Trichogramma cacaeciae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) and Blattisocius mali (Mesostigmata: Blattisociidae) in the Post-Harvest Biological Control of the Potato Tuber Moth (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): Use of Sigmoid Functions
by Yohan Solano-Rojas, Juan R. Gallego, Manuel Gamez, Jozsef Garay, Joaquin Hernandez and Tomas Cabello
Agriculture 2022, 12(4), 519; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12040519 - 06 Apr 2022
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The potato tuber moth (PTM), Phthorimaea operculella, is the main potato pest in the world, having managed to adapt to a wide range of climatic conditions, and causing damage to stored tubers. The effectiveness of a biological control using the parasitoid Trichogramma [...] Read more.
The potato tuber moth (PTM), Phthorimaea operculella, is the main potato pest in the world, having managed to adapt to a wide range of climatic conditions, and causing damage to stored tubers. The effectiveness of a biological control using the parasitoid Trichogramma cacaeciae and the predatory mite Blattisocius mali was evaluated in PTM under conditions that simulated those of tubers in storage. The number of adults found at the end of the trial was significantly higher in the control (181.75 ± 11.00 adults/container) than in treatments where B. mali (24.50 ± 7.22) or T. cacaeciae (102.00 ± 14.61) were released. The biological control’s effectiveness using the Abbot formula was 86.52% for the predator and 43.88% for the parasitoid. In addition, the PTM population data was fitted by logistic models, and the best fit was found for the simple logistic function. Using the data generated from these functions, the control efficiencies for the mite and the parasitoid were 94.85% and 73.77%, respectively. B. mali showed greater potential for being incorporated into integrated PTM management programs than T. cacaeciae. Based on logistic functions, a novel way of estimating the effectiveness of predators and parasitoids is also presented and discussed. Full article
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