Sustainable Defense Strategies for Pest Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 August 2021) | Viewed by 19586
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Chemical Ecology of Insect Species, Insect-Plant Interactions, Stored Product Pests, Trapping and Sampling, Heteroptera
Interests: General and Applied Entomology; Biological Control; Chemical Ecology; Multitrophic Interactions; Herbivore-induced Plant Volatiles
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays there is a rising interest on improving the sustainability of agriculture and stored products management by reducing dependence on pesticides and other chemical inputs. In this context, reliable and affordable tools for monitoring and control dangerous species are urgent to implement the Integrated Pest Management (IPM), particularly in those environments in which chemical control is difficult or strictly forbidden. This Special Issue will focus on recent progress and applications toward the inclusion of pesticide free techniques, and the last advances on for the management of dangerous insect species in agriculture, forestry and warehouse environments that might be included in IPM strategies and organic farming.
We welcome original articles focusing on:
Semiochemicals for the monitoring and control of insects species
Conventional and unconventional breeding approaches to develop tolerant/resistant plants and rootstock
Biological control
Trap cropping
Essential oils as alternative to synthetic insecticides
Prof. Ezio Peri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pheromones
- attractant
- resistant/ tolerant plant
- biological control
- trap crops
- essential oils
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