Insect control strategies and insecticide resistance
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Insecticides are crucial for the assurance of food security, agricultural productivity and control of disease vectors. However, resistance, defined as a hereditable change in susceptibility to an insecticide at a concentration that was previously effective, is a widespread problem. Management strategies to reduce the genetic selection pressure of resistance, such as the rotation in use of insecticides with different modes of action and use of insecticide mixtures, have had success, but more needs to be done to understand the evolution and propagation of resistance to reduce the rate of its acceleration and prevent future insect control challenges.
This Collection will bring together manuscripts that assess the mechanisms of insecticide resistance and explore effective monitoring and control strategies to manage this.
Editors
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Rashad Rasool Khan
University of Agriculture, Pakistan
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Srinivasan Ramasamy
World Vegetable Center, Taiwan
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Sengottayan Senthil-Nathan
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India
Rashad Rasool Khan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. His research interest is to determine and understand the mechanism of resistance development in insects and its diminution. He is also involved in the evaluation of the biocidal efficacy of insecticides against serious insect pests and their natural enemies. Dr Khan has been an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports since 2022.
Srinivasan Ramasamy is the Lead Entomologist at the World Vegetable Center and is currently leading the Flagship Program for Safe and Sustainable Value Chains. His research focuses on host-plant resistance, biological control, chemical ecology of insect pests, molecular entomology, and integrated pest management in vegetable crops. Dr. Ramasamy has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2019.
Sengottayan Senthil-Nathan, the Professor and Head in Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Excellence in Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India. Professor Senthil-Nathan’s main area of focus for research comprises of prospecting the biologically active compounds from botanicals for the betterment of crop production and protection as well as vector control. Dr. Senthil-Nathan has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2015.
