Increasing global demands for food underline the need for higher crop yields. The relatively
low costs of the most commonly used insecticides in combination with increasing soybean …

Integrated pest management (IPM) programs emphasize the combination of tactics, such as
chemical and biological control, to maintain pest populations below economic thresholds …

The bollworm Helicoverpa armigera is a polyphagous pest first identified in the South
American continent in Brazil during the 2012/13 crop season, worrying farmers across the …

This study aimed to evaluate the prophylactic use of insecticides (PUI) in comparison with
integrated pest management (IPM) and biological control (BC) strategies. Five replicated …

Simple Summary The fall armyworm (FAW) is a serious threat to maize production in Africa
following its outbreak in 2016. Fortunately, some beneficial insects that could control FAW …

In this paper, it is considered that the predation rate and transformation rate of natural
enemies on pests in different time periods of pesticide action and non-action are different …

Pest management is a complex issue in real applications, and a practical program in pest
control in general involves two pest thresholds, where the biological control and chemical …

Eushistus heros is one of the major pests in soybean in South America. Not only has
insecticides constantly failed on its control but also triggered different negative side effects …

The main purpose is to develop novel analytical techniques and provide a comprehensive
qualitative analysis of global dynamics for a state-dependent feedback control system …

Impulsive differential equations (hybrid dynamical systems) can provide a natural
description of pulse-like actions such as when a pesticide kills a pest instantly. However …