Integrated Pest Management—from Chemicals to Green Management—2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 1048
Editors
Interests: plant protection; integrated pest management; genetic pest management; ecotoxicology; insect physiology and toxicology; stress-induced hormesis; invasion biology; molecular toxicology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: agricultural entomology; pest management; chemical ecology; biological control; invasion biology
2. State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of MOA of China and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
Interests: plant protection; integrated pest management; ecotoxicology; insect physiology and toxicology; invasion biology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the successful Volume 1 of the Special Issue “Integrated Pest Management—from Chemicals to Green Management,” we are excited to continue this series with Volume 2.
Insect pests cause significant damage to agricultural products worldwide and have evolved remarkable biological adaptations to withstand a variety of stress conditions. While chemical insecticides have long been central to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies, their widespread use has raised serious concerns, including resistance development, environmental pollution, and their effects on non-targets. With the introduction of new insecticides, the ongoing challenges necessitate a balanced approach that integrates chemical and green management options. The further development of IPM practices is critical to ensuring more sustainable pest control and environmental protection.
The Special Issue “Integrated Pest Management—from Chemicals to Green Management—2nd Edition" continues to explore these challenges and invites contributions that deepen our understanding of both chemical insecticide applications and innovative green management strategies. We welcome all types of submissions, including original research, reviews, mini-reviews, perspectives, methodologies, and opinion articles.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Recent advances in Integrated Pest Management.
- Insecticide resistance development and associated fitness costs in insect pests.
- The underlying resistance mechanisms of commonly used insecticides.
- Insecticide-induced sublethal or hormetic effects on insect pests.
- Transgenerational sublethal effects of insecticides: insights from biological and molecular perspectives.
- Advances in nanodelivery systems for pesticides to increase toxicity and selectivity for controlling insect pests.
- Genetic Pest Management.
- Recent advances in nanocarrier-mediated RNAi of lethal genes to control insect pests.
- Non-target effects of chemical insecticides affecting biological control services.
We look forward to your valuable contributions and to further expanding this important field of research.
Dr. Farman Ullah
Dr. Ghulam Murtaza
Prof. Dr. Yaobin Lu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
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-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Plants is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- integrated pest management
- insecticide resistance development
- resistance mechanisms
- ecotoxicology
- sublethal or hormetic effects
- molecular toxicology
- transgenerational sublethal effects
- genetic pest management
- non-target effects of insecticides
- biological control
- RNAi-mediated insect pest control
- green management
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- Reprint: MDPI Books provides the opportunity to republish successful Special Issues in book format, both online and in print.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
Related Special Issue
- Integrated Pest Management—from Chemicals to Green Management in Plants (8 articles)
