Integrated Pest Management Strategies for the Future

AbstractThe past 100 yr have seen dramatic philosophical shifts in our approach to controlling or managing pest species. The introduction of integrated pest management in the 1970s resulted in the incorporation of biological and behavioral approaches to preserve ecosystems and reduce reliance on synthetic chemical pesticides. Increased understanding of the local ecosystem, including its structure and the biology of its species, can improve efficacy of integrated pest management strategies. Pest management strategies incorporating insect learning paradigms to control insect pests or to use insects to control other pests can mediate risk to nontarget insects, including pollinators. Although our understanding of insect learning is in its early stages, efforts to integrate insect learning into pest management strategies have been promising. Due to considerable differences in cognitive abilities among insect species, a case-by-case assessment is needed for each potential application of insect learning within a pest management strategy.

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Current and Future Integrated Pest Management Strategies for Tetranychus urticae（Acari: Tetranycidae）in Strawberry Forcing Culture: Current Status and Future IPM Strategies in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology ◽

10.1303/jjaez.2019.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 1-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hirotsugu Yanagita

Keyword(s):

Integrated Pest Management ◽

Pest Management ◽

Tetranychus Urticae ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Current Status ◽

Fukuoka Prefecture ◽

Forcing Culture

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Victims or perpetrators: contribution and response of insects to forest diebacks and declines

Annals of Forest Science ◽

10.1007/s13595-020-01009-0 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 77 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Aurélien Sallé ◽

Christophe Bouget

Keyword(s):

Global Change ◽

Pest Management ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Insect Communities ◽

Cascading Effects ◽

The Future ◽

Forest Science

Abstract Key message Unprecedented forest declines and diebacks are expected worldwide in response to global change. Insects can trigger or contribute to these disturbances, which can in turn have either beneficial or detrimental retroactive cascading effects on insect communities. However, we are still unsure of the effects that pests will have on these disturbances in the future, and new biodiversity and pest management strategies still need to be put into place. Several recent contributions to Annals of Forest Science address these issues.

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