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Research Project: Pre-and Postharvest Treatment of Tropical Commodities to Improve Quality and Increase Trade Through Quarantine Security

Location: Tropical Crop and Commodity Protection Research

Title: Insects in Agroecosystems - an introduction

Author
item Follett, Peter
item BRUIN, J - University Of Amsterdam
item DESNEUS, N - University Of Amsterdam

Submitted to: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/5/2020
Publication Date: 2/11/2020
Citation: Follett, P.A., Bruin, J., Desneus, N. 2020. Insects in Agroecosystems - an introduction. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 168(1):3-6. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12871.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12871

Interpretive Summary: This paper provides a summary of papers in a Special Issue of Enomologi Experimentalis et Applicata entitled “Insects in Agroecosystems”. The papers address a rich variety of agroecosystems spanning the globe, involving the roles of a range of insects on a great many crops and will further improve our understanding of the complex ecology of the players and the ecological complexity of the crop systems.

Technical Abstract: Agroecology is the study of linkages in agricultural systems and it derives from the need to understand and restore natural connections and ecological complexity to control insect and other pest populations. The present special issue addresses a rich variety of agroecosystems spanning the globe, involving the roles of a range of insects on a great many crops. The overview will further improve our understanding of the complex ecology of the players and the ecological complexity of the crop systems.