We present a synthetic review and expert consultation that assesses the actual risks posed
by arthropod pests in four major crops, identifies targets for integrated pest management …

Arthropods are declining globally, and entomologists ought to be in the forefront of
protecting them. However, entomological study methods are typically lethal, and we argue …

Hailed as the single most important paper published on crop protection in the 20th century,
Stern et al. in 1959 formed the conceptual basis for modern integrated pest management …

Faced with the biodiversity extinction crisis and climate change, alternative approaches to
food production are urgently needed. Decades of chemical-based weed control have …

Managing agricultural landscapes integrate production, biodiversity conservation and the
flow of ecosystem services (ES) is of paramount importance to simultaneously meet …

In this chapter we present how ecologists and biological pest control researchers can
assess the role of natural enemies in pest insect population dynamics, and how the …

While organic farming practices, which are often promoted as models of ecological
intensification, generally enhance biodiversity, their effects on the delivery of ecosystem …

Global change is causing ecosystems to change at unprecedented rates and the urgency to
quantify ecological change is high. We therefore need all possible sources of ecological …

The banana weevil (also known as banana root borer) Cosmopolites sordidus Germar
(Coleoptera Curculionidae) is the major pest of banana and plantain. Because banana …

Paddy rice crop** systems are largely intensive with widespread use of modern high
yielding varieties, fertilizers, and agrochemicals, mostly characterized by rice monocrop** …