Harmonising control: understanding the complex impact of pesticides on parasitoid wasps for enhanced pest management

IF 5.8 1区农林科学 Q1 BIOLOGY

Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI:10.1016/j.cois.2024.101236

Rohini Theenoor, Anwesha Ghosh, Radhika Venkatesan

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Abstract

The pervasive application of chemical pesticides is globally recognised for its effectiveness and cost-efficiency in controlling pest populations. However, this approach has inadvertently impacted a diverse array of organisms, including humans and beneficial insects, notably those that naturally regulate pest populations. This review synthesises current research on both the direct and indirect effects of pesticides on parasitoid wasps. These wasps are vital for the biological control of herbivorous insect populations through a top-down approach. Here, we examine the complex ways in which pesticides may compromise the parasitoids’ life history traits, interfere with their host-seeking behaviour, and modulate the immune responses of the hosts that in turn affect parasitoid success. Gaining a more nuanced understanding of these dynamics is crucial for the development of integrated pest management strategies that aim to reconcile the use of chemical pesticides with biological control approaches, ultimately fostering more sustainable agricultural practices.

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协调控制：了解杀虫剂对寄生蜂的复杂影响，加强害虫管理。

化学杀虫剂的普遍应用因其控制害虫数量的有效性和成本效益而得到全球认可。然而，这种方法无意中影响了多种生物，包括人类和益虫，特别是那些自然调节害虫种群的益虫。本综述综合了目前有关杀虫剂对寄生蜂的直接和间接影响的研究。这些黄蜂对于通过自上而下的方法对食草昆虫种群进行生物控制至关重要。在这里，我们研究了杀虫剂可能损害寄生蜂生活史特征、干扰寄生蜂寻找宿主的行为、调节宿主的免疫反应进而影响寄生蜂成功的复杂方式。对这些动态有更细致入微的了解对于制定害虫综合治理战略至关重要，这些战略旨在协调化学农药的使用和生物防治方法，最终促进更可持续的农业实践。

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Current opinion in insect science BIOLOGYECOLOGYENTOMOLOGY-ECOLOGY

CiteScore

10.40

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1.90%

发文量

113

期刊介绍： Current Opinion in Insect Science is a new systematic review journal that aims to provide specialists with a unique and educational platform to keep up–to–date with the expanding volume of information published in the field of Insect Science. As this is such a broad discipline, we have determined themed sections each of which is reviewed once a year. The following 11 areas are covered by Current Opinion in Insect Science. -Ecology -Insect genomics -Global Change Biology -Molecular Physiology (Including Immunity) -Pests and Resistance -Parasites, Parasitoids and Biological Control -Behavioural Ecology -Development and Regulation -Social Insects -Neuroscience -Vectors and Medical and Veterinary Entomology There is also a section that changes every year to reflect hot topics in the field. Section Editors, who are major authorities in their area, are appointed by the Editors of the journal. They divide their section into a number of topics, ensuring that the field is comprehensively covered and that all issues of current importance are emphasized. Section Editors commission articles from leading scientists on each topic that they have selected and the commissioned authors write short review articles in which they present recent developments in their subject, emphasizing the aspects that, in their opinion, are most important. In addition, they provide short annotations to the papers that they consider to be most interesting from all those published in their topic over the previous year.