Advances in the Effects of Insecticides on Pests
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest and Vector Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
Interests: insect behavior; stored-product pests; stored-product protection; agricultural pests; chemical control; non-chemical control; trapping and sampling
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Interests: stored-product protection; stored-product insect biology; chemical control; non-chemical control; trapping and sampling; taxonomy; aphid parasitoids; forest entomology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The widespread use of insecticides has raised growing concerns about their long-term efficacy and ecological impact. Since insecticides are essential tools in pest control, the increasing development of resistant pest populations significantly reduces their effectiveness, often leading to overuse and environmental burden. Insecticides can cause a wide spectrum of sublethal effects on the behavior of pests, including feeding deterrence and changes in locomotion and mating success. Furthermore, there is increasing evidence of undesirable side-effects to beneficial organisms, such as pollinators and natural enemies, threatening the ecological balance and sustainable pest control. Understanding how insecticides affect target and non-target species is crucial for the development of safer and more effective pest management strategies. This Special Issue will focus on investigating the impacts of insecticides and highlighting the sublethal behavioral effects on pests, the resistance mechanisms, the mortality patterns, and the ecological consequences to beneficial arthropods (i.e., parasitoids, predators, pollinators).
Dr. Maria C. Boukouvala
Prof. Dr. Nickolas G. Kavallieratos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- stored-product insects and mites
- greenhouse insects and mites
- field pests and mites
- pests of public health
- green insecticides
- chemical insecticides
- sublethal effects
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