Sobhy, Islam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4984-1823 and Lievens, Bart 2018. Optimizing crops for biological control as a sustainable strategy of crop protection. Presented at: The International Days (International=digital?), 12-16 March 2018. |
Abstract
After the increase in food prices, growing threats have been raised for the challenge of feeding 9 billion people living on Earth by 2050. Thus, there is a pressing need to drastically increase crop production, but insect infestation is a major constraint preventing this. These insects are controlled using chemicals, but future use is under scrutiny due to emerging problems of insecticide resistance. Biological control is a sustainable alternative but is still insufficiently effective. It has been proposed that enhancing the foraging of natural enemies may help to improve biological control. In my talk, I will focus on the ongoing research efforts of optimizing crops for biocontrol.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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Date Type: | Completion |
Status: | Unpublished |
Schools: | Biosciences |
Last Modified: | 10 Nov 2022 10:38 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/147651 |
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