Advanced Strategies for Arthropod Pest Control in Horticultural Systems
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 74
Special Issue Editors
Interests: botanical insecticides; selectivity and compatibility of botanical insecticides for non-target organisms; formulation of botanical insecticides
Interests: botanical insecticides; selectivity and compatibility of botanical insecticides and chemical pesticides for non-target organisms
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: agricultural entomology; biological control; selectivity for non-target organisms; agroecology; organic agriculture
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change has substantially impacted horticulture, causing a reduction in production and sometimes making harvests unviable. Furthermore, arthropod pests cause damage to crops and increase production costs. The abusive and indiscriminate use of synthetic chemical insecticides leads to environmental contamination, selection of resistant arthropod populations, and toxic effects on non-target organisms. The damage caused by arthropods in the post-harvest period must also be considered. Given the above, defining advanced strategies for controlling arthropod pests is necessary.
The purpose of this Special Issue, entitled “Advanced Strategies for Arthropod Pest Control in Horticultural Systems”, is to contribute to disseminating new knowledge and results developed by researchers worldwide. Further contributions are expected regarding good agricultural practices (GAPs); use of bioinputs; semiochemicals; biological control; selectivity and/or compatibility of pesticides for non-target organisms; botanical insecticides; studies involving structure/activity and biochemical mode of action of pesticides; mode of action of new compounds; integrated pest management (IPM); and resistance of pests and other essential themes for advancing the state of the art. Research papers on products of uncertain chemical composition, for example, crude extracts and essential oils with incomplete chemical descriptions, are not accepted for review.
Prof. Dr. Dejane Santos Alves
Prof. Dr. Geraldo Andrade Carvalho
Dr. Elen de Lima Aguiar Menezes
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Horticulturae is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- integrated pest management
- organic agriculture
- good agricultural practices
- arthropod pest control
- biological control
