Sustainable Strategies for Pest Management in Plants and Animals
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2024) | Viewed by 15681
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biorational control of insects and ticks using arthropod-pathogenic fungi, fungal endophytes, semiochemicals, and herbal-based materials; cultivation of medicinal and nutraceutical plants; plant health; phytomedicine; sustainability analysis and environmental impact assessment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As the need to grow more food increases, environmentally friendly protocols, products and strategies are urgently needed to achieve sustainable management of agricultural and medically important pests. Although some ground-breaking research ideas have been studied, and some biorational pest management technologies have been successfully developed and commercialised, the commercial uptake of these technologies could be higher globally. This Special Issue allows investigators to collate high-quality review and research papers on sustainable pest management approaches, covering new scientific discoveries and applied aspects, including field, greenhouse, and predictive studies. The objective is to share new insights and data and enhance innovation in sustainable pest management.
Dr. Felix Nchu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbial pesticides
- parasitoids and predators for control of arthropod pests
- plant-based pesticides
- application of semiochemicals in the management of arthropod pest
- ethnoveterinary medicine
- genetic control of arthropod pests
- integrated pest management of arthropod pests
- life-cycle assessment of biorational pest control products
- new technologies for the enhancement of biocontrol agents
- cultural control of arthropod pests
- quarantine procedures
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