Conferences
14 May 2026, Online
Agronomy Webinar | Strategies for Effective Integrated Pest Management in Staple Crop Production, 14 May 2026
Message from the webinar Chair:
I welcome you to attend this webinar organized by Agronomy, which is entitled “Strategies for Effective Integrated Pest Management in Staple Crop Production”.
The increasing demand for staple crops to feed a world population, expected to reach nearly 10 billion in 2050, requires sustainable pest control strategies that not only achieve high crop yields but also preserve the environment and the whole beneficial entomofauna in the production agroecosystem. Overreliance on chemical insecticides has raised serious concerns regarding their negative side effects. Thus, integrated pest management (IPM) is the best way to protect yield through integrating different pest control tools, based on plant resistance (including Bt cultivars); adopting economic thresholds (ETs); pest-monitoring procedures; and using selective insecticides, biological control, botanical insecticides, RNAi, and CRISPR-based control strategies, among other sustainable alternatives for managing arthropods population into agroecosystems. Therefore, innovative research on integrated pest management in different staple crops is urgently needed. Consequently, Agronomy is promoting this webinar to discuss the most recent innovations in arthropod control to sustainably manage outbreaks in those agroecosystems (staple crops), shifting research from the laboratory to application in the field to make food production more efficient and sustainable.
Date: 14 May 2026
Time: 12:00 p.m. CDT | 1:00 p.m. EDT | 7:00 p.m. CEST
Register now for free.
Program:
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Speaker/Presentation |
Time in CDT |
Time in CEST |
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Klaudia Kasprowicz (Agronomy Deputy Managing Editor) Journal Introduction & Overview of Submission Process |
12:00–12:05 |
19:00–19:05 |
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Dr. Adeney De Freitas Bueno Chair Introduction & Relevant Special Issue Introduction |
12:05–12:15 |
19:05–19:15 |
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Dr. Weidson Plauter Sutil Sustainable Integrated Pest Management in Soybean and Maize: Advances and Challenges in the use of Egg Parasitoids in Brazil |
12:15–12:40 |
19:15–19:40 |
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Dr. Yelitza Coromoto Colmenarez Advancing Sustainable Production Through Integrated Pest Management: Enablers and Constraints in Latin America |
12:40–13:05 |
19:40–20:05 |
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Q&A Session |
13:05–13:15 |
20:05–20:15 |
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Dr. Adeney De Freitas Bueno Closing of Webinar |
13:15–13:20 |
20:15–20:20 |
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Unable to attend? Feel free to register anyway; the session will be recorded, and we will let you know when the recording is available for viewing.
Webinar Chair and Speakers:
- Dr. Adeney De Freitas Bueno (Chair), Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária—Embrapa Soja, Londrina, Brazil;
- Dr. Weidson Plauter Sutil, Universidade Federal do Paraná—UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil;
- Dr. Yelitza Coromoto Colmenarez, CABI-UNESP-FEPAF, Rua José Barbosa de Barros, Brazil.
Call for Papers:
“Strategies for Effective Integrated Pest Management in Staple Crop Production”
Edited by Dr. Adeney De Freitas Bueno (Guest Editor) and Dr. Weidson Plauter Sutil (Guest Editor Assistant)
Submission deadline: 31 August 2026
For more information about this webinar, please visit the following website: https://sciforum.net/event/Agronomy-11?subscribe.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact agronomy@mdpi.com.
Agronomy Webinar Secretariat
