Biologically based methods for pest management in agriculture under changing climates : challenges and future directions

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dc.contributor.authorChidawanyika, Franken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMudavanhu, Prideen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNyamukondiwa, Casperen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-25T10:24:31Z
dc.date.available2018-01-25T10:24:31Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionCITATION: Chidawanyika, F., Mudavanhu, P., & Nyamukondiwa, C. 2012. Biologically based methods for pest management in agriculture under changing climates : challenges and future directions. Insects, 3(4):1171-1189, doi:10.3390/insects3041171.
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dc.description.abstractThe current changes in global climatic regimes present a significant societal challenge, affecting in all likelihood insect physiology, biochemistry, biogeography and population dynamics. With the increasing resistance of many insect pest species to chemical insecticides and an increasing organic food market, pest control strategies are slowly shifting towards more sustainable, ecologically sound and economically viable options. Biologically based pest management strategies present such opportunities through predation or parasitism of pests and plant direct or indirect defense mechanisms that can all be important components of sustainable integrated pest management programs. Inevitably, the efficacy of biological control systems is highly dependent on natural enemy-prey interactions, which will likely be modified by changing climates. Therefore, knowledge of how insect pests and their natural enemies respond to climate variation is of fundamental importance in understanding biological insect pest management under global climate change. Here, we discuss biological control, its challenges under climate change scenarios and how increased global temperatures will require adaptive management strategies to cope with changing status of insects and their natural enemies.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/3/4/1171
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent19 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationChidawanyika, F., Mudavanhu, P., & Nyamukondiwa, C. 2012. Biologically based methods for pest management in agriculture under changing climates : challenges and future directions. Insects, 3(4):1171-1189, doi:10.3390/insects3041171
dc.identifier.issn2075-4450 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.3390/insects3041171
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/103094
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherMDPIen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectClimate changeen_ZA
dc.subjectPest managementen_ZA
dc.subjectBiological control of pestsen_ZA
dc.titleBiologically based methods for pest management in agriculture under changing climates : challenges and future directionsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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