Soil microbiomes drive key functions in agroecosystems, determining soil fertility, crop
productivity and stress tolerance. The microbiome is intricately linked with soil structure …

Simple Summary Climate change and extreme weather events have a major impact on crop
production and agricultural pests. As generally adaptable organisms, insect pests respond …

Abstract Integrated Pest Management (IPM) provides an illustration of how crop protection
has (or has not) evolved over the past six decades. Throughout this period, IPM has …

The world population is increasing in a disquieting rate while the quantity of food to gratify
this snowballing human population is an annoyance to agrarian scientists and policymakers …

Sustainable agriculture aims to meet the food needs of the growing world population while
ensuring minimal impact on the environment and humans as well as productivity. Although …

Naturally produced by aromatic plants, essential oils (EO) contain a wide range of volatile
molecules, including mostly secondary metabolites, which possess several biological …

Climate change poses significant challenges to agriculture, with serious impacts on
smallholder farmers' food security and livelihoods. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is being …

Pesticides are classified into several groups based on their structure, including fungicides,
insecticides, herbicides, bactericides, and rodenticides. Pesticides are toxic to both humans …

Soil invertebrate communities represent a significant fraction of global biodiversity and play
crucial roles in ecosystems. A number of human activities threaten soil communities, in …

Temporal crop diversification could reduce pesticide use by increasing the proportion of
crops with low pesticide use (dilution effects) or enhancing the regulation of pests, weeds …