Alternatives to Chemical Control of Stored-Product Insects
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2016) | Viewed by 57685
Special Issue Editors
Interests: stored product pests; honey bee pests; novel pesticides; IPM
Interests: pheromones and semiochemicals; insect parasitoids; population ecology; sampling and trapping; invasive biology; integrated pest management; microbial control; chemical control
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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,
Stored product pests include several orders of insects that can infest whole grains or processed food. The use of chemical insecticides for the control of these pests is being challenged, both by the new national and international rules and by the needs of the consumers, which always require residue-free food. Therefore, the development of methods that do not rely on neutotoxic pesticides to control stored products pests, is attracting more and more attention of researchers.
In this Special Issue, we aim to include original research articles and literature reviews focusing on alternatives to chemical insecticides in stored products pest control, such as botanical formulations, inert dusts, modified atmospheres, non-toxic gases, thermal treatments, environmental and economical aspects, and new methods for insecticide delivery.
Dr. Vincenzo Palmeri
Prof. Dr. Christos G. Athanassiou
Dr. Nickolas G. Kavallieratos
Dr. Orlando Campolo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Botanical insecticides
- Heat treatments
- Fumigations
- Inert dusts
- Pest management
- Modified and Controlled Atmospheres
- Post-Harvest biological control
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