The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Insectes 2018 Best Paper Awards, who were chosen by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Brian T. Forschler and Journal’s Award Committee. The recipients of the “Insectes 2018 Best Paper Awards” are as follows:
Article:
Phenotypic Plasticity Promotes Overwintering Survival in A Globally Invasive Crop Pest, Drosophila suzukii
Dara G. Stockton, Anna K. Wallingford and Gregory M. Loeb
Insects 2018, 9(3), 105; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects9030105
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/9/3/105
Review:
Transmission Success of Entomopathogenic Nematodes Used in Pest Control
Sophie Labaude and Christine T. Griffin
Insects 2018, 9(2), 72; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects9020072
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/9/2/72
The winners will each receive a certificate and an additional bonus as follows:
500 CHF + one free publication in Insects before the end of 2021
Please join us in congratulating the winners of Insects 2018 Best Paper Awards. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Insects.
Insects 2018 Best Paper Award
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Insectes will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Winner
Open AccessReview
Mosquito-Borne Diseases and Their Control Strategies: An Overview Focused on Green Synthesized Plant-Based Metallic Nanoparticles
by
Hudson Onen, Miryam M. Luzala, Stephen Kigozi, Rebecca M. Sikumbili, Claude-Josué K. Muanga, Eunice N. Zola, Sébastien N. Wendji, Aristote B. Buya, Aiste Balciunaitiene, Jonas Viškelis, Martha A. Kaddumukasa and Patrick B. Memvanga
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Brian T. Forschler
Chairperson
University of Georgia
Dr. Changlu Wang
Rutgers University
Dr. António Onofre Soares
University of the Azores
Winner
Open AccessArticle
Integrating Global Citizen Science Platforms to Enable Next-Generation Surveillance of Invasive and Vector Mosquitoes
by
Ryan M. Carney, Connor Mapes, Russanne D. Low, Alex Long, Anne Bowser, David Durieux, Karlene Rivera, Berj Dekramanjian, Frederic Bartumeus, Daniel Guerrero, Carrie E. Seltzer, Farhat Azam, Sriram Chellappan and John R. B. Palmer
Award Committee
Prof. Brian Forschler
Chairperson
University of Georgia
Dr. Emma Despland
Concordia University
Prof. Patrizia Falabella
University of Basilicata
Dr. Olivia Louise Reynolds
Susentom
Winner
Louis-Clément Gouagna
Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs : Écologie, Génétique, Évolution et Contrôledisabled, Montpellier, France
Vaclav Stejskal
Research Institute of Crop Production, Prague, Czech Republic
Sandra Skendžić
Department of Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetosimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia