Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 91
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant genetics; watermelon; biopesticides; IPM; biocontrol; entomology
Interests: applied entomology; galling insects; insect–plant interactions; pest management; insect diversity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Integrated pest management concept (IPM) is basically aimed to optimize pest management in an economically and environmentally sound manner, accomplished by the harmonized use of multiple tactics to ensure constancy of agricultural production and keep pest damage below the economic threshold. In other words, IPM should be efficient, protecting the environment, be sustainable, combining many control methods with chemicals use as a last option and considering economic threshold. There are five main principles of IPM, namely: i. Prevention measures, ii. Monitoring, iii. Economic threshold, iv. Promote alternative non-chemical methods and v. Reducing side effects on non-target organisms.
The contribution to this Plants special issue will be focused (but not limited) on the following topics as a review or new development research papers: cultural practices, control methods, pesticides uses reduction and zero residues, sublethal effects, pest monitoring, resistance management, economic aspects related to IPM, AI for decision support and all studies globally related to IPM. Field studies are the most welcomed. The pest is used here in his broad meaning which include diseases, insects, mites and weeds.
Dr. Rachid Bouharroud
Dr. Izabela Kot
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- IPM
- cultural practices
- biotechnical methods
- alternatives control methods
- pesticides reduction
- side effects
- monitoring
- resistance
- economic
- decision support system
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