Benefiting from complexity : Exploring enhanced biological control effectiveness via the simultaneous use of various methods for combating pest pressure in agriculture

Curk, Miha (author), Trdan, Stanislav (author)

Biological control, a well-established plant protection method, has garnered substantial attention in recent decades. Various approaches, including biological control agents (BCA), catch crops, biofumigation, sticky traps, and pheromones, have been extensively explored. While the effectiveness of these methods varies depending on specific circumstances, their collective significance has grown amid mounting pressures to curtail or eliminate conventional synthetic plant protection products. Previous review articles have highlighted the benefits of using two or more BCAs simultaneously, yet limited information exists regarding the concurrent use of diverse biological control methods. This comprehensive review incorporates a thorough literature search to assess the benefit of concurrently employing two or more of these methods, followed by a discussion on perspectives of holistic management and mimicking complex natural systems, shedding light on the vast potential and need for further research in this domain.

• Language: English
• Keywords: simultaneous use, concurrent control, biological control, catch crops, biofumigation, sticky traps, pheromones, organic agriculture, agroecological crop protection, holistic management
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 9 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 14, iss. 1, art. 199
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-154002
• UDC: 632
• ISSN on article: 2073-4395
• DOI: 10.3390/agronomy14010199
• COBISS.SI-ID: 181529603
• Publication date in RUL: 18.01.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Agronomy
• Shortened title: Agronomy
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2073-4395
• COBISS.SI-ID: 522953241

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: ekološko kmetijstvo, biotično varstvo rastlin, biofumigacija, lepljive pasti, feromoni

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: L4-4554
• Name: Preučevanje sinergizma med različnimi okoljsko sprejemljivimi načini zatiranja škodljivcev poljščin in vrtnin