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A deep learning model for predicting risks of crop pests and diseases from sequential environmental data
Crop pests reduce productivity, so managing them through early detection and prevention is essential. Data from various modalities are being used to...
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How agricultural techniques mediating bottom-up and top-down regulation foster crop protection against pests. A review
The heavy use of synthetic pesticides in agriculture has been responsible for detrimental effects on human and environmental health, making it...
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The application of allelopathy in integrated pest management systems to control temperate European crop pests: a systematic map
BackgroundPesticides perform vital roles within agriculture but growing concern for their impact on the environment and non-target organisms has...
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Management of Vertebrates Pests
Vertebrate animals can also be nuisance, harmful, and menace toward human. They can be considered as a pest if they periodically or consistently...
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Initiatives for biodiversity conservation and utilization in crop protection: A strategy for sustainable crop production
A major challenge for mankind is how to increase agricultural productivity while preserving and increasing biodiversity. The competition between...
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Effectiveness and Safety of Pesticides in Protecting Sunflowers from Pests
AbstractThe analysis of the current state and trends in the development of the range of pesticides allowed for use in sunflower crops is presented....
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Genetic diversity of RNA viruses infecting invertebrate pests of rice
Invertebrate species are a natural reservoir of viral genetic diversity, and invertebrate pests are widely distributed in crop fields. However,...
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Host Plant Resistance to Insect Pests in Wheat
Host plant resistance offers an excellent solution to pest problems, which reduces pesticide usage and environmental pollution. Host plant resistance...
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Sugarcane Insect Pests in China: Species, Distribution and Population Dynamics
China is a major sugarcane-producing country in the world, and the crop is mainly cultivated in the tropical and subtropical regions of southern...
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Recent advances in engineering crop plants for resistance to insect pests
BackgroundWhile the rapidly increasing global population has led to a dramatically increased demand for the agricultural production, there have been...
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Invasive and Transboundary Pests
A total of 33 invasive pests including insect and noninsect pests have been reported to enter and establish in various crop habitats in India during...
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Genetic modification of crop plants with ribosome-inactivating protein genes for enhanced resistance to pathogens and pests
Genetic engineering has emerged as an attractive strategy for incorporating resistance in plants against diverse pathogens and has been largely...
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Crop insect pest detection based on dilated multi-scale attention U-Net
BackgroundCrop pests seriously affect the yield and quality of crops. Accurately and rapidly detecting and segmenting insect pests in crop leaves is...
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Investigation of Traditional Crop Storage Pest Control Methods in Western Ethiopia
Agriculture is the primary occupation for rural Africans and people living in the DalleSadi, Ethiopia. However, crop loss remains a significant...
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Insect Pests of Seed Spices and Their Management
Seed spice crops are infested by many insect pests that cause significant losses in the field as well as in storage. Among the various insect pests...
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Effects of Climate Change on Plant Pests
Climate change is causing global threats to human life, livelihoods, and agriculture. Human activities are altering greenhouse gas levels, leading to...
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Molecular Characterization of Coleopteran Pests and its Relations to Agricultural Crops
Coleopterans are adapted to a diversified range of environments and ecosystems. But there is a wide gap between systematic and genetic information of...
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Response of Crop Microbiomes to Biotic Stress
Crop microbiomes, comprising diverse assemblages of microorganisms associated with plants, exert significant influence on plant health, growth, and...
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Genetic Methods and Tools for Managing Crop Pests
This contributed volume aims at bringing together all the genetic engineering tools for managing various types of crop pests. The main focus of this...
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Host Plant Resistance to Insect Pests in Maize
Maize, a potential global crop is attacked by a wide array of insect pests. Among them, spotted stem borer, pink stem borer, fall armyworm, and shoot...