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Strategies for Effective Integrated Pest Management in Staple Crop Production
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Strategies for Effective Integrated Pest Management in Staple Crop Production

A Special Issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395) belonging to the section "Pest and Disease Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2027 | Viewed by 2006

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Dr. Adeney De Freitas Bueno

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Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária-Embrapa Soja, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Interests: biological control; egg parasitoids; soybean-IPM; sustainability; pest management
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Dr. Weidson Plauter Sutil

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Departamento de Biologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19020, Curitiba 81531-980, Paraná, Brazil
Interests: biological control; egg parasitoids; pest management; integrated pest management; integrated crop management; sustainable production; monitoring and evaluation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The increasing demand for staple crops to feed a global population expected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050 requires sustainable pest control strategies that not only achieve high crop yields but also preserve the environment and beneficial entomofauna within production agroecosystems. The 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. These include plant resistance (including Bt cultivars), adoption of economic thresholds (ETs), pest monitoring procedures, use of selective insecticides, biological control, botanical insecticides, and RNAi- and CRISPR-based control strategies, among other sustainable alternatives for managing arthropod population in agroecosystems. Therefore, innovative research on integrated pest management in different staple crops is urgently needed. This Special Issue welcomes review articles and original research papers addressing recent innovations in arthropod control aimed at sustainably managing their outbreaks in agroecosystems (staple crops). Emphasis is placed on studies that bridge laboratory research and field application to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of food production.

Dr. Adeney De Freitas Bueno
Guest Editor

Dr. Weidson Plauter Sutil
Guest Editor Assistant

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Keywords

  • IPM
  • pest monitoring
  • biological control
  • chemical control
  • GM plants
  • botanical insecticides
  • genetic-based pest control methods
  • RNAi

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An RNAi-Based Vulnerability in the White-Backed Planthopper: Silencing SfHSP70-8 Impairs Thermotolerance and Insecticide Susceptibility in a Key Rice Pest
by Zhenzhen Wang, Chongfen Yi, Hongwei Zhang, Liugen Hao, Yi Yan and Zhanlie Yang
Agronomy 2026, 16(18), 1769; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy16181769 - 10 Sep 2026
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Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) serves as a critical molecular chaperone governing environmental stress responses in insects. This study aimed to characterize the expression pattern of SfHSP70-8 and determine its functional role in thermotolerance and insecticide susceptibility in the white-backed planthopper, Sogatella furcifera [...] Read more.
Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) serves as a critical molecular chaperone governing environmental stress responses in insects. This study aimed to characterize the expression pattern of SfHSP70-8 and determine its functional role in thermotolerance and insecticide susceptibility in the white-backed planthopper, Sogatella furcifera. Here, we cloned and characterized SfHSP70-8, a cytosolic member of the HSP70 family from S. furcifera. The encoded protein contains characteristic conserved domains and shares close sequence identity with the HSP70 homolog of Laodelphax striatellus. Spatiotemporal expression profiling revealed ubiquitous transcription across all developmental stages, peaking in third-instar nymphs, and pronounced enrichment in the gut and fat body. Transcript levels were robustly elevated following exposure to both thermal extremes (10–40 °C) and LC50 concentrations of triflumezopyrim, sulfoxaflor, and imidacloprid. RNAi-mediated silencing of SfHSP70-8 significantly compromised tolerance to triflumezopyrim and sulfoxaflor while leaving imidacloprid susceptibility unchanged, and markedly decreased survival rates under chronic heat stress at 30 °C and 35 °C. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that SfHSP70-8 functions as an essential regulator of thermotolerance and insecticide adaptation in S. furcifera, offering a potential molecular target for future development in sustainable pest management. Full article
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Landscape-Level Integrated Pest Management Strategies for Stink Bugs in Soybean–Maize Agroecosystems of the Neotropics
by Weidson Plauter Sutil, Antônio Ricardo Panizzi and Adeney de Freitas Bueno
Agronomy 2026, 16(11), 1087; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy16111087 - 31 May 2026
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The crop system of soybean–maize succession has been adopted widely in the Neotropics. It inadvertently provides continuous food resources (green bridges) to stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), favoring outbreaks. Thus, stink bugs need to be managed within a broader and more holistic perspective. Not [...] Read more.
The crop system of soybean–maize succession has been adopted widely in the Neotropics. It inadvertently provides continuous food resources (green bridges) to stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), favoring outbreaks. Thus, stink bugs need to be managed within a broader and more holistic perspective. Not just individual fields but the whole landscape should be monitored and managed, since these pest outbreaks are deeply influenced by neighboring fields and successive crops in the same field. During the first crop season, stink bugs should be controlled only in the reproductive stage of soybean (from the R3 to R6 plant development stage), when the population is equal to or higher than the economic threshold (ET) of two stink bugs·m−1. Biological control or plant resistance strategies should be used instead of chemicals whenever possible. When the ET is reached at R7 or R8, more tolerant maize varieties (fast growing) should be sown in the second crop season with the seed treatment using recommended insecticides. Grain losses during harvest and the presence of weeds must be avoided at the end of the soybean season. Chemical insecticide sprayings on maize might still be necessary if Diceraeus spp. outbreaks equal or surpass three stink bugs·m−1 during early maize stages (until V7). This more precise and less impactful management of the agroecosystem will promote a more sustainable and resilient management of these polyphagous pests. Full article
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