Special Issues (8)
![[Diversity] Special Issue: Exogenous Transient RNA Interference: Applications for Insect Chemical Ecology and Functional Developmental and Evolutionary Biology Research](/site/media/k2/items/cache/9f9f79e544fb8eb705d18df3c18b9f0a_L.jpg)
Guest Editors: Dr. D. Kontogiannatos, Dr. A. Kourti
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2023
![[Diversity] Special Issue: Diversity, Taxonomy and Evolution of Insects](/site/media/k2/items/cache/27dd7cddd3c2da4d8b388b00e3c63c22_L.jpg)
Guest Editors:
Dr. D. Kontogiannatos, Dr. A. Kourti
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2023
![[Entomologia Generalis] Special Issue: Basic and applied research on Tuta absoluta, an ongoing threat in Afro-Eurasia](/site/media/k2/items/cache/700226d13b56ab5f2f0330a17a7ee485_M.jpg)
Guest Editors:
Peng Han, Yi-bo Zhang, Ramzi Mansour, Judit Arnó, Emmanouil Roditakis, Raul Guedes
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31st December 2022
Message from the Guest Editor
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit original research articles or reviews for the Special Issue "Advances in Urban Pest Management in Europe".
The domestic and peri-domestic environment in European cities provides harborage and food for insects and other arthropods which are considered pests, either because they bite, sting, suck blood, transmit parasites and pathogens, contaminate food, damage wood or fabrics, or because they induce allergies or entomophobia.
This Special Issue aims to report recent advances in urban pest management strategies against household and structural pest insects and other arthropods encountered in Europe, including synthetic insecticides and repellents, insecticide resistance management, botanical, microbial and biological control agents, nanotechnology, attract and kill strategies, transgenic and biotechnological control methods, sterile insect technique, modified atmospheres, and others.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
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Message from the Guest Editors
This Special Issue is designed to publish high-quality review papers in Toxics . The issue will highlight a diverse set of topics related to the effects of pesticides on insects and other Arthropods. The scope of this Special Issue includes but is not limited to the lethal and sublethal effect of pesticides, their impact caused at the population and/or community level, pesticides' toxic effects, and ecotoxicology. We are particularly interested in manuscripts that include research articles, review articles, short communications, and opinion articles related to the extended topic of 'Effect of Pesticides on Insects and Other Arthropods'.
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Message from the Guest Editors
Disease and pest management in many crops may be really challenging. As harvest time approaches, farmers have limited alternatives to chemical control in order to avoid chemical residues in the produce. At this point, especially, fruits with high sugar content, such as grapes, become more susceptible to post-harvest pests and diseases, e.g., fungi causing rot, adding an extra challenge in the puzzle of crop protection. Another problem that farmers need to overcome is the resistance that pests and pathogens develop in pesticides, along with the small number of chemical products that can be used legally in many countries. The attractive alternative strategy, in order to avoid chemical residues in fruits and vegetables, is biological control. In addition, when it comes to cankers and vascular diseases, things are getting even more intriguing as chemical control strategies are not always available or efficient and, often, the only available means is prevention. Therefore, this Special Issue welcomes articles that address sound tools helping to reduce the use of synthetic chemical pesticides and promote sustainable agriculture in woody crops.
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Message from the Guest Editors
Drastic deforestation, poor forest management and forest hygiene, alongside the climate change threat are considered as major threats to the stability of forest resources. Biotic factors, like insect pests and microorganisms, and abiotic factors, like wildfires, are considered as major threats worldwide. With forest exploitation and continuous forest decline, sustainable practices that preserve the balance between human needs and the environment are needed to ensure forest viability.
Adaptive management practices, under the frame of multi- purpose silviculture, alongside policies that aim to protect the natural environment and biodiversity, are crucial to maintaining the effective use of forest resources.
Keywords:
- Forest protection
- Wildfires
- Forest management
- Forest pests and diseases
- Global change
Prof. Dr. Paraskevi Karanikola
Prof. Dr. Thomas Panagopoulos
Prof. Dr. Thiago Almeida Vieira
Dr. Angelos Tsikas
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Message from the Guest Editors
Dear Colleagues,
- The focus of this Special Issue is on recent advances in sustainable insect production related to (but not limited to):
- Insect-rearing technologies and methods (diet formulations, rearing protocols, etc.);
- The inclusion of insects in animal diets and aquafeeds (feeding trials, etc.);
- Environmental footprints;
- Insect-based food and feed products (insect processing, nutritional value, etc.);
- Economic and business aspects (marketing, etc.); Waste management through insect bioconversion; Insect-plant synergies for complete protein design in food and feed;
- Novel uses of insects and their products/byproducts (fertilizers, etc.);
- Public perception and consumers' acceptance of the use of insects for food and feed;
- Lifecycle assessment (LCA), social LCA (SLCA), and technoeconomic assessment (TEA).
Therefore, we kindly invite you to submit papers to this Special Issue that will further illuminate and unfold the potential of insect exploitation.
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