Advances in Biopesticides, Biocontrol, and Bioprocess Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture
A Special Issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717) belonging to the section "Biological Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 February 2027 | Viewed by 287
Editors
Interests: pest management; insecticide activity; bioactive compounds; insectistatic activity; biopesticides
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Interests: molecular diagnostic; pathogenic microorganism, biocontrol; biopesticides
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Interests: process systems engineering; mathematical modeling and simulation; techno-economic analysis (TEA); bioprocess scale-up; process safety; sustainable development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
At present, the intensification of global agriculture has increased the demand for sustainable alternatives to synthetic chemical pesticides, which pose severe risks to the environment and human health. Recent advances and innovations in biopesticides emphasize the use of plant extracts, natural compounds, isolation of novel microbial strains, and RNA-based biopesticides that offer high target specificity, minimal persistence, reduced environmental damage, and greater human safety. Furthermore, developments in biocontrol focus on optimizing interactions within the rhizosphere microbiome to improve natural plant defense mechanisms.
However, the commercial viability of these biological solutions relies heavily on bridging the gap between laboratory discovery and industrial application. In this context, Process Systems Engineering (PSE) plays a crucial role. We highlight the importance of bioprocess engineering for commercial-scale production, where advances in fermentation optimization, macroscopic scale-up, and formulation technologies (such as smart-delivery systems and nano-encapsulation) effectively overcome traditional limitations like shelf-life degradation.
This Special Issue aims to increase knowledge about recent advances in biopesticides, biological control agents, and bioprocess engineering, highlighting their mechanisms of action and their role in sustainable agriculture covering the development of stress-tolerant microbial inoculants, the integration of biosensing systems for pest and disease detection, Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA), AI-assisted agriculture, process simulation (flowsheeting), plant design, and the use of mathematical programming for multi-objective optimization of bioprocesses. We welcome original and review articles.
Prof. Dr. Miguel Angel Ramos-López
Prof. Dr. Juan Campos Guillén
Prof. Dr. Julio Armando De Lira-Flores
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- biopesticides
- biological control
- bioprocess engineering
- formulation
- process simulation
- nano-encapsulation
- sustainable agriculture
- plant extracts
- techno-economic analysis
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