Pest Sustainable Management in Agriculture

A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest and Vector Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 2650

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Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable Management of Pests in Agriculture is a broad science that encompasses chemical, biological, cultural, and physical control options with a special focus on integrated pest management (IPM). IPM promotes the use of surveillance and monitoring of the target pest to guide the timing and use of chemical, biological and cultural control options in such a way that both pesticide use and any deleterious effects to non-target organisms are minimised. Studies that promote the use of microbial agents such as entomopathogenic fungi, bacteria or nematodes as well as cultural (e.g., sanitation) and physical control options (e.g., trapping) will be particularly sought after to include in this Special Issue.

Dr. David F. Cook
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Keywords

  • integrated pest management
  • biological control
  • entomopathogens
  • cultural control
  • trapping
  • pesticide
  • parasitoid
  • monitoring
  • threshold

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Influence of Cassava Morphological Traits and Environmental Conditions on Field Populations of Bemisia tabaci
by Kasifa Katono, Sarina Macfadyen, Christopher Abu Omongo, Thomas Lapaka Odong, John Colvin, Jeninah Karungi and Michael Hilary Otim
Insects 2021, 12(7), 604; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12070604 - 1 Jul 2021
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Abstract
High populations of species in the whitefly complex Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) were reported to cause severe damage to cassava in East and Central Africa. However, reasons for B. tabaci population increases are not well understood. We investigated the effect of cassava [...] Read more.
High populations of species in the whitefly complex Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) were reported to cause severe damage to cassava in East and Central Africa. However, reasons for B. tabaci population increases are not well understood. We investigated the effect of cassava morphological traits, temperature, rainfall and relative humidity (RH) on the abundance of B. tabaci. Five cassava genotypes with varying levels of resistance to cassava mosaic disease, cassava brown streak disease, and B. tabaci infestation were planted in three Ugandan agro-ecological zones. The experiment was conducted in 2016 and 2017 in a randomized complete block design. Across all locations, the tallest genotype Alado alado supported the lowest number of B. tabaci adults. In areas with high B. tabaci prevalence, leaf area, leaf lobe width, and leaf lobe number exhibited significant positive effects (p < 0.001) on B. tabaci adult count. Positive effects of relative humidity and negative effects of temperature and rainfall on B. tabaci adult and nymph counts were observed in 2016 and 2017, resulting in low populations in Lira. Evidently, temperatures of 28–30 °C, rainfall of 30–150 mm and RH of 55–70%, and deployment of cassava genotypes of low plant height, large leaf area, and lobe width significantly enhanced B. tabaci population growth. Full article
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