Climate-smart pest management: building resilience of farms and landscapes to changing pest threats

L Heeb, E Jenner, MJW Cock - Journal of pest science, 2019 - Springer
Climate change is affecting the biology, distribution and outbreak potential of pests in a vast
range of crops and across all land uses and landscapes. Up to 40% of the world's food …

Predicting the effects of climate change on natural enemies of agricultural pests

LJ Thomson, S Macfadyen, AA Hoffmann - Biological control, 2010 - Elsevier
Climate change can have diverse effects on natural enemies of pest species. Here we
review these effects and their likely impacts on pest control. The fitness of natural enemies …

History, current situation and challenges for conservation biological control

MW Shields, AC Johnson, S Pandey, R Cullen… - Biological control, 2019 - Elsevier
Meeting the growing global demand for agricultural products requires the development and
use of ecologically-based strategies that will allow sustainable intensification based on …

Strategic tillage in no-till farming systems in Australia's northern grains-growing regions: II. Implications for agronomy, soil and environment

YP Dang, PW Moody, MJ Bell, NP Seymour… - Soil and Tillage …, 2015 - Elsevier
In semi-arid sub-tropical areas, a number of studies concerning no-till (NT) farming systems
have demonstrated advantages in economic, environmental and soil quality aspects over …

[HTML][HTML] From species distributions to climate change adaptation: knowledge gaps in managing invertebrate pests in broad-acre grain crops

S Macfadyen, G McDonald, MP Hill - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Extensive research has shown that climate change will impact the distribution and outbreak
potential of invertebrate pests in broad-acre crops. However, much less attention has been …

Escalating insecticide resistance in Australian grain pests: contributing factors, industry trends and management opportunities

PA Umina, G McDonald, J Maino… - Pest Management …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Insecticide resistance is an ever‐increasing problem that threatens food production globally.
Within Australia, the grain industry has a renewed focus on resistance due to diminishing …

Toxicity of insecticides and miticides to natural enemies in Australian grains: A review

K Overton, AA Hoffmann, OL Reynolds, PA Umina - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Controlling invertebrate pests in crop fields using chemicals has been the
main management strategy within the Australian grains industry for decades. However …

Assessing the sub‐lethal impacts of insecticides on aphid parasitoids through laboratory‐based studies

R McDougall, L Mata, S Ward, A Hoffmann… - Austral …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aphids are a major pest of crop** systems throughout the world. In most cases, crop
aphids are controlled with broad‐spectrum insecticides; although generally very effective at …

Reducing insecticide use in broad-acre grains production: an Australian study

S Macfadyen, DC Hardie, L Fagan, K Stefanova… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Prophylactic use of broad-spectrum insecticides is a common feature of broad-acre grains
production systems around the world. Efforts to reduce pesticide use in these systems have …

Adapting pest management strategies to changing climates for the redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor

JL Maino, PA Umina, C Pavri, X Cheng… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
As climate change continues to modify temperature and rainfall patterns, risks from pests
and diseases may vary as shifting temperature and moisture conditions affect the life history …