Rodents in Crop Production Agricultural Systems—2nd Edition
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2023) | Viewed by 2393
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agricultural ecology; theory and practice of pest control and food safety; synanthropic rodents in grain stores; control of common vole
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Dear Colleagues,
Rodents are among the major pests that have accompanied human society since immemorial times. Currently, they are frequently associated with fields, orchards, farms, livestock stables, grain stores, food industry facilities, and many other places in the anthropogenic environment. Their harmfulness lies not only in the quantitative damage they cause (crop loss), but also in the risks of transmitting diseases to humans or livestock. The improper use of rodenticides—anticoagulants in particular—leads to the secondary intoxication of non-target animals. We can therefore say that rodents have a societal significance with implications for many human activities in both the human and natural environment. The current societal demand for a reduction in chemicals in agriculture also significantly affects rodent control. For this reason, it is important to provide expert information that can be used in decision-making processes, both in practice and in national legislation.
This Special Issue, titled “Rodents in Crop Production Agricultural Systems”, welcomes novel research articles, reviews, and opinion pieces covering all related topics including rodent monitoring, control, rodenticides, repellents, attractants, biological rodent control, secondary intoxications, damage caused by rodents in fields and commodity stores, rodent population dynamics, rodent health risks to humans and animals, case studies from the field, and policy positions. Previously, we successfully published the Special Issue on the “Role of Vertical Farming in Modern Horticultural Crop Production—1st Edition.” Additionally, we propose a “2nd Edition” of the same topic for a broader range of applications.
Dr. Radek Aulický
Dr. Marcela Fraňková
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- field rodents
- rodent control
- rodenticides
- repellents
- monitoring
- synanthropic rodents
- rodent biology
- losses
- risk to public health
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- Rodents in Crop Production Agricultural Systems in Agronomy (9 articles)
