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Mechanistic microclimate models and plant pest risk modelling
Climatic conditions are key determining factors of whether plant pests flourish. Models of pest response to temperature are integral to pest risk...
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Biocontrol potential of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria against plant disease and insect pest
Biological control is a promising approach to enhance pathogen and pest control to ensure high productivity in cash crop production. Therefore, PGPR...
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The pivotal roles of gut microbiota in insect plant interactions for sustainable pest management
The gut microbiota serves as a critical “organ” in the life cycle of animals, particularly in the intricate interplay between herbivorous pests and...
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Leveraging air-borne VOC-mediated plant defense priming to optimize Integrated Pest Management
Plant defense priming involves the release of air-borne volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by plants, serving to prepare defense-related mechanisms...
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Changing regularity of plant and insect community characteristics due to pest outbreaks in Larix principis-rupprechtii plantations
Research has indicated that simple forest ecosystem composition, structure and diversity have uncomplicated community relationships and insufficient...
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Implications for management of wireworms: insect pest suppressiveness of soils with plant functional diversity
Plant species diversity in agricultural systems has been shown to provide multiple ecological and agronomic benefits. How it affects the soil...
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An ultra-lightweight efficient network for image-based plant disease and pest infection detection
Plant diseases and pest infections are major factors that undermine the growth of plants along with their life cycle. Optical image-based plant...
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Beyond 'push–pull': unraveling the ecological pleiotropy of plant volatile organic compounds for sustainable crop pest management
Plants produce an array of different volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that have diverse eco-physiological functions and agricultural applications....
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Integrating water and insect pest management in agriculture
Water and herbivory are two of the most crucial factors limiting plant growth, and their management is a critical part of crop production. However,...
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Plant Recombinant Gene Technology for Pest Control in the Twenty-First Century: From Simple Transgenesis to CRISPR/Cas
The current progress in genetic technologies (methodologies) allows to create crops with the modified genome to counter different pest species....
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Organic matter in the pest and plant disease control: a meta-analysis
BackgroundPesticides have become a central public health problem and a source of environmental contamination. The use of organic matter is an...
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Biodiversity and Pest Outbreaks
The concept of biodiversity as a key factor influencing the stability of insect populations within ecosystems is explored. Biodiversity, encompassing...
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A menu of measures to manage trade-related plant pest risks, and a review of methods for demonstrating measure efficacy
Ever-increasing global trade is one of the most important introduction pathways for plant pests. A diverse range of risk-reducing measures can be...
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Clever pest control? The role of cognition in biological pest regulation
Crop pest management is a global challenge. Increases in agricultural intensity due to anthropogenic demands, alongside the need to reduce the...
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Biopesticides: Uses and importance in insect pest control: A review
Biopesticides are made up of plant materials that kill insects and a variety of microorganisms that kill insects, such as entomopathogenic fungi,...
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Sharing decision-making tools for pest management may foster implementation of Integrated Pest Management
Agriculture needs to reduce its current dependence toward pesticides while reducing crop losses caused by pests and ensuring food security;...
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PTS and PTSO, two organosulfur compounds from onion by-products as a novel solution for plant disease and pest management
BackgroundOver the past decade, the great impact of agricultural crop diseases has generated considerable economic losses and has compromised the...
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Pest and Disease Management
This chapter describes the current sensing and actuation technologies for pests and plant diseases in orchards and vineyards. The technologies for...
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Pest suppression services and dietary niche differentiation of bats in Chinese smallholder farming systems: implications for integrated pest management
Smallholder farming systems make a vital contribution to food security. However, pests pose a significant challenge to the productivity and...
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Role of Induced Resistance in Insect-Pest Management
Induced resistance is a process by which plants increase their resistance against pathogens and herbivores through the activation of their own...