Integrated Mite Management 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: 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 2037
Special Issue Editors
Interests: acarology; mites’ resistance to pesticides; botanical acaricides and insecticides; invasive mites and integrated pest management
Interests: entomology; acarology; biological control; chemical control; multi-trophic interactions between host plants and ecology; invasive arthropods and integrated pest management
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Interests: entomology; acarology; arthropod resistance to pesticides; biological control and integrated pest management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Managing mite pests has long been a challenging task for many agricultural crops. Climate change, pesticide resistance, and the expansion of monocultures are among the main factors driving increases in mite pest populations, often leading to severe outbreaks that are difficult to control. Integrated mite management seeks to keep pest populations below the economic injury level by combining different control methods in a compatible, rational, and sustainable way. In this context, this Special Issue highlights applied studies on the main strategies used to control mites in agricultural crops, contributing to integrated management while reducing the environmental impacts of pesticides, minimizing effects on non-target organisms, and promoting the production of healthier food. Therefore, we invite all interested researchers to submit their contributions to this Special Issue, which aims to disseminate key innovations and advances in techniques that support the integrated management of mites in agriculture.
Dr. Daniel Junior de Andrade
Dr. Daniel Carrillo
Dr. Mário Eidi Sato
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- monitoring and sampling
- economic thresholds
- climate change, mite outbreak
- invasive mites
- digital IPM, biological control
- chemical control
- genetic control and integration of control tactics
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