Management of True Weevil (Curculionidae) Pests and Beneficial Species
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest and Vector Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 15398
Special Issue Editors
Interests: integrated pest management of invasive insects pests; identification and diagnosis; biological control; insect pest modeling and predictions; insect identification; insect detection; insect monitoring and management in specialty crops
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Interests: chemical ecology; semiochemicals; integrated pest management; insect behavior
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Weevils (Coleoptera Curculionoidea) are one of the most diverse groups of herbivorous beetles, with more than 60,000 described species belonging to approximately 5800 genera. Many of them are quarantine pests that affect a large variety of crops and ornamental plants (Anacardiaceae, Arecaceae, Convolvulaceae, Musaceae, Myrtaceae, Pinaceae, Rosaceae, etc.), with high potential for invading and colonizing new areas. Included in this large family are palm weevils (Dryophthorinae), sometimes considered as an independent family (Dryophthoridae), and also bark beetles (Scolytinae), which are pests of many forests around the world. However, not all weevils engage in parasitic relationships, and some of them have beneficial roles, such as pollinators or biocontrol agents.
This Special Issue will focus on the management of all these weevils through original submissions and reviews on key aspects of their biology, behavior, ecology, and control methods. We especially welcome articles on innovative pest surveillance techniques and pest management strategies based on semiochemicals, genomics, or biological agents, emphasizing their field application as alternative tools to traditional pesticides. Likewise, we invite manuscripts focused on the mutualistic relationships that some weevil species establish and that can provide an ecosystem service including biological control agents (weeds) and pollinators for food crops.
Dr. Muhammad Haseeb
Dr. Sandra Vacas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- weevil
- Coleoptera
- invasive species
- biocontrol agents
- pollinators
- IPM
- geographical modeling
- semiochemicals
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