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Pests

In agriculture, pests are organisms, including insects, mites, weeds, rodents and pathogens, that damage crops, reduce yield and quality, and threaten food security and ecosystem health. Their management is central to sustainable farming and relies on integrated pest management, which combines cultural, biological, …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 264× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 3070-2232 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

In agriculture, pests are organisms, including insects, mites, weeds, rodents and pathogens, that damage crops, reduce yield and quality, and threaten food security and ecosystem health. Their management is central to sustainable farming and relies on integrated pest management, which combines cultural, biological, botanical and chemical controls to suppress pest populations while limiting environmental harm and the development of resistance. The field draws on entomology, plant protection, agroecology and crop science, balancing efficacy against the conservation of beneficial organisms and the safety of food and the environment. Research in this area emphasises botanical and biological control, including the efficacy of neem and entomopathogenic preparations against arthropod pests in strawberry; ginger extracts as a biopesticide against aphids on pepper; plant extracts and Bacillus thuringiensis against the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera; plant-extract control of fall armyworm in Sudan; biocontrol agents against the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella; and environmentally safer pesticides such as spinosad for fruit-fly management. Further work monitors insect species richness and abundance in semi-arid ecosystems, examines the biology of fall armyworm, and reviews essential oils from plants as control agents, alongside permaculture practices for sustainable production. Across these contributions the field advances ecologically informed, botanically and biologically based strategies to manage agricultural pests, protect crop productivity and support sustainable food systems.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2018

Essential Oils from Plants

Exact topic Biotechnology and Biomedical Science Cited by 237 doi:10.14302/issn.2576-6694.jbbs-18-2489

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 264 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Farming (ISSN 3070-2232).

Journal editorial board
Emanuele Schimmenti · Italy Valeria Borsellino · Italy Giuseppe Pulighe · Italy

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