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 …

Precision farming enables agricultural management decisions to be tailored spatially and
temporally. Site-specific sensing, sampling, and managing allow farmers to treat a field as a …

Fall armyworm (FAW), a voracious agricultural pest native to North and South America, was
first detected on the African continent in 2016 and has subsequently spread throughout the …

Fall armyworm (FAW, Spodoptera frugiperda JE Smith) is an invasive lepidopteran pest
established in most of sub-Saharan Africa since 2016. Although the immediate reaction of …

Sustainable and resilient agricultural systems are needed to feed and fuel a growing human
population. However, the current model of agricultural intensification which produces high …

Ecologists and farmers often have contrasting perceptions about the value of natural habitat
in agricultural production landscapes, which so far has been little acknowledged in ecology …

The magnitude and urgency of the challenges facing agriculture and food systems demand
profound modifications in different aspects of human activity to achieve real transformative …

Habitat management involving manipulation of farmland vegetation can exert direct
suppressive effects on pests and promote natural enemies. Advances in theory and practical …

Crop losses from pests threaten global food security and safety. In the last six decades, pest
control using chemical pesticides has resulted in important yield gains per unit area …

Classical and augmentative biological control of insect pests and weeds has enjoyed a long
history of successes. However, biocontrol practices have not been as universally accepted …