New Integrated Pest Management: Emerging Opportunities

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a coordinated and planned strategy for preventing, detecting, and controlling insect pests impacting food production, human, and animal health. This research topic explores emerging opportunities, highlighting advances and collaboration opportunities across sectors such as agriculture, horticulture, forestry, public health, and the environment.

The New IPM Symposium 2024, organized by Swansea University in Swansea, United Kingdom, focuses on the exploration of emerging opportunities in crop protection of both invasive and endemic arthropod pests and the development of environmentally sustainable methods for controlling insect vectors that affect human and animal health. This research topic highlights the importance of interdisciplinary approaches and innovative research in overcoming the challenges posed by climate change and the increasing global demand for food.

Key areas of investigation include:

1. Addressing critical Integrated Pest Management (IPM) challenges
2. Integrating diverse disciplines and sectors, such as biopesticides, computational/AI
technologies, engineering, health, food security, climate change, and environmental sciences
3. Enhancing industry engagement in IPM research and applications
4. Facilitating the formation of collaborative networks that can pursue funding opportunities (e.g., Innovate grants)
5. Promoting partnerships with reciprocal benefits
6. Showcasing new products and strategies for effective IPM

Example species of interest for control include but are not limited to:

• Cydia pomonella (Codling Moth)
• Aphids (e.g. Myzus persicae, Aphis gossypi)
• Stinkbugs ( Halyomorpha halys, Euschistus heros)
• Tuta absoluta (Tomato leafminer)
• Thrips (e.g. Frankliniella occidentalis, Scirtothrips dorsalis)
• Hylobius abietis (Large Pine Weevil)
• Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado Potato Beetle)
• Spodoptera frugiperda (Fall Armyworm)
• Scirpophaga incertulas (Rice Yellow Stem Borer)
• Aedes and Culex Mosquitoes
• Corythucha arcuate (Oak Lace Bug)

This research topic will explore these themes, providing insights into the latest advancements and fostering the development of innovative solutions in the field of IPM.

The New Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - emerging opportunities Research Topic aims to bring together world-renowned researchers, industry representatives, regulatory bodies, growers, supply chain professionals, and end-users to share the latest in research and development, policy, and market trends.

Topic Editor Dr. Ian Baxter is employed and involved with the following commercial affiliation; Koppert BV. Topic Coordinator Dr. Peter McEwen is is employed and involved with the following commercial affiliation; PKMC Consultants. The other Topic Editors declare no competing interests with regards to the Research Topic.

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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Case Report
• Classification
• Clinical Trial
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• FAIR² DATA Direct Submission
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Policy and Practice Reviews
• Policy Brief
• Registered Report
• Review
• Systematic Review
• Technology and Code

Keywords: Integrated Pest Management

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