Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests in Agriculture
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 636
Special Issue Editors
Interests: insect-plant interaction; toxicology; genomics
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Interests: urban entomology; integrated pest management; plant-insect interaction; chemical ecology of insects
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Interests: arthropod structural biology; enzymology; stress signaling; xenobiotic adaptation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The impacts of climate change, resistance development, and other environmental challenges have made arthropod pests an increasingly significant threat to crops and agricultural products. Developing sustainable management strategies to combat these pests is crucial for minimizing economic losses. Effective pest management requires a thorough understanding of the mechanisms via which insects develop resistance to synthetic chemicals and plant-produced secondary metabolites. Combining this knowledge with targeted and appropriate field control strategies forms the foundation of sustainable pest management. Key approaches, including Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Integrated Crop Management (ICM), and Integrated Resistance Management (IRM), offer effective solutions for pest control and protect non-target organisms, such as pollinators, while reducing environmental contamination.
This Special Issue will facilitate the exchange of knowledge on sustainable management practices and foster innovation in agricultural arthropod pest control. We welcome cutting-edge research contributions, including original studies and comprehensive reviews, in areas such as biological control, advanced pest monitoring systems, gene drive and resistance breeding technologies, artificial intelligence-based analyses, and other innovative approaches.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Arthropoda.
Dr. Ting Li
Dr. Olufemi Ajayi
Dr. Fang (Rose) Zhu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- arthropod pests
- sustainable management
- crop protection
- climate change
- resistance development
- biological control
- artificial intelligence
- genome editing
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