The authors have identified several errors in the article by Creissen et al .1 These occurred because of a small error in the dataset on which the analysis was based. These errors do not affect the overall results reported, nor the conclusions made. The authors have supplied the following corrections to the published article: In the Abstract, the range of IPM scores for farmers in the sample should

Resistance to the dinitroaniline herbicide trifluralin in Lolium rigidum (annual ryegrass) is often mediated by the enhanced capacity to metabolise the herbicide to less toxic polar conjugates and/or by functionally recessive target‐site mutations in α‐tubulin.

Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe grisea , is the most devastating disease in rice. Recently, trifloxystrobin was registered for the control of M. grisea in China. The resistance profile and mechanism of M. grisea to trifloxystrobin were investigated in the present study, providing important data for the recommended use of trifloxystrobin.

A series of pyrimidine amine derivatives have been synthesized by modifying the pyrimidine ring group of diflumetorim—a mitochondria complex I inhibiting fungicide. One derivative, code number SYP‐34773, is investigated in the present study involving Magnaporthe oryzae which is the causal agent of rice blast, the most devastating disease in rice. The response, resistance profile and mechanism of M

Agricultural insect pests frequently exhibit geographic variation in levels of insecticide resistance, which are often presumed to be due to the intensity of insecticide use for pest management. However, regional differences in the evolution of resistance to novel insecticides suggests that other factors are influencing rates of adaptation. We examined LC50 bioassay data spanning 15 years and six insecticides

Evolution of resistance to multiple herbicides with different sites of action and of nontarget site resistance (NTSR) often involves multiple genes. Thus, single‐gene analyses, typical in studies of target site resistance, are not sufficient for understanding the genetic architecture and dynamics of NTSR and multiple‐resistance. The genetics of weed adaptation to varied agricultural environments is

Harvest weed seed control (HWSC) comprises a set of tools and tactics that prevents the addition of weed seed to the soil seed bank, attenuating weed infestations and providing a method to combat the development and spread of herbicide‐resistant weed populations. Initial HWSC research efforts in North America are summarized and, combined with the vast area of crops suitable to HWSC, clearly indicate

Commensal rodents such as Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus Berk.), black rats (R. rattus L.) and house mice (Mus musculus L.) damage stored produce and infrastructure, cause hygienic problems and transmit zoonotic pathogens to humans. The management of commensal rodents relies mainly on the use of anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs). ARs are persistent and bio‐accumulative, which can cause exposure of non‐target

Soybean pod borer (Leguminivora glycinivorella ) is an important soybean pest in northeastern Asia, whose mature larvae overwinter in a diapause state. Disruption of winter diapause may be a valuable tool in pest management. However, the molecular mechanisms regulating diapause in this species have not yet been elucidated.

Pesticide resistance is a growing issue worldwide, and susceptibility of pest populations should be monitored in migratory intersection regions for successful resistance management. We determined the susceptibility of eight noctuid species from the Florida Panhandle to bifenthrin (pyrethroid) and chlorantraniliprole (diamide). Larvae from field and laboratory populations were exposed to commercial

Glyphosate was recently evaluated for the potential to interact with the estrogen, androgen, and thyroid (EAT) hormone pathways, including steroidogenesis, under the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP), then by Germany, the rapporteur Member State who led the European Annex 1 renewal for glyphosate, and then by the European Food Protection

Most U.S. maize, soybean and cotton farmers use Bt crops, insecticidal seed treatments, soil‐applied insecticides, and foliar sprays to manage insect pests. Given the global economic importance of these crops, we examine farmer benefits of this insecticide use. Using a telephone survey, we document pest management practices and concerns, estimate adoption and farmer perceived values for these practices

Pyrethroids, a class of insecticides, acted on the nervous system of insects. Frequent consumption of foods with pyrethroid residues increased the risk of developmental and neurological diseases in human. Assessing the toxicity of novel synthetic pyrethroids to mammals was also critical to the development of agrochemicals.

Drip application of insecticides has been used for controlling crop pests, but the application doses are usually higher than foliar spray. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been reported to improve root absorption of nutrients from soil, which may also enhance the uptake of drip‐applied insecticides, reducing the application doses. In this study, greenhouse and field experiments were carried

Apple snails from the genus Pomacea have spread widely in paddy fields and other wetlands of southern China since their introduction in the 1980s. Pomacea spp. are commonly identified using mitochondrial COI sequences. However, sequencing the nuclear EF1α gene revealed genetic introgression between field populations of P. canaliculata and P. maculata , which produce surviving hybrids in laboratory

Yersinia entomophaga is an entomopathogenic bacterium that is active against scarab beetles, among other insects. In New Zealand, the African black beetle, Heteronychus arator (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), is a major pest of pastures and arable crops but very few control options exist and no insecticides are registered for use in established pastures.

The efficacy and environmental sustainability of pesticide application largely depend on maximizing target coverage, while minimizing off‐target losses. Recently, laboratory‐based measurements were used to develop new cannon‐type spout to increase the droplet size spectra produced by a pneumatic vineyard sprayer. The study described below evaluated the effectiveness of the new device to reduce off‐target

Due to the advantages of high‐efficiency, environmental protection and safety, nanoemulsions have become a highly popular water‐insoluble pesticide delivery system in recent years.

Understanding pest incursion pathways is critical for preventing new invasions and for stopping the transfer of alleles that reduce the efficacy of local control methods. The mosquitoes Aedes albopictus (Skuse) and Ae. aegypti (Linnaeus) are both highly invasive disease vectors, and through a series of ongoing international incursions are continuing to colonise new regions and spread insecticide resistance

Insect Capability neuropeptides (CAP2b/CAPA‐PKs) play a critical role in modulating different physiologies and behaviour in insects. In a previous proof‐of‐concept study, the CAP2b analogues 1895 (2Abf‐Suc‐FGPRLamide) and 2129 (2Abf‐Suc‐ATPRIamide) were reported to reduce aphid fitness when administered by injection. In the current study, the insecticidal efficacy of 1895 and 2129 on the peach potato

The oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis is one of the most destructive pests for fruits and vegetables. The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is an effective and environment‐friendly approach to control the tephritid fruit flies. The pro‐apoptotic gene head involution defective (hid ) has been used as an effective lethal effector in SIT. It initiates a cascade of interaction including the activation

4‐Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) plays an important role in addressing the issue of plant protection research. In a continuing effort to discover novel HPPD inhibitors, we adopted a bioisosterism strategy to design a series of novel arylthioacetic acid scaffold based on the previously discovered aryloxyacetic acid scaffold. This study sheds new light on the discovery of novel HPPD inhibitors

Sprayers have been shown in numerous reports to influence pesticide deposition and distribution significantly, and public concern for their potential risk has been increasing in recent years. In this study, a hand‐held gun sprayer and two air‐assisted sprayers (conventional axial fan air‐blast sprayer and tower sprayer) were used by applying myclobutanil and tebuconazole for systematically investigating

Nitrogen (N) is essential to crop yield improvement and it can change crops’ ability to defend against herbivores. To maximize economic yield, higher amount of N‐fertilizer is often applied than the minimum. Azotobacter is a good alternative to reduce N fertilizer application. In this study, we studied the yield and secondary defensive chemicals of maize, as well as the response of the key maize insect

Glyphosate is the most widely used and successful herbicide discovered to date, but its utility is now threatened by the occurrence of several glyphosate‐resistant weed species. Saflufenacil is a relatively new herbicide developed by BASF in 2010 and is a highly effective selective herbicide showing excellent control on broadleaf weeds (more than 90 species), significantly superior to other PPO inhibitor

Glufosinate is a key herbicide to manage glyphosate‐resistant weeds because it is a broad‐spectrum herbicide, and transgenic glufosinate‐resistant crops are available. Although glufosinate use has increased exponentially over the past decade, the treated area with this herbicide is far less than that with glyphosate. This is because glufosinate often provides inconsistent performance in the field,

Invasive Africanized honey bees potentially compete with cavity‐nesting birds in South America. However, the impacts caused by this competition and its conservation consequences to threatened species are poorly known. We quantified the presence of these bees and assessed its competition for cliff cavities used by nesting Lear's macaws Anodorhynchus leari , a globally endangered parrot endemic to the

Grape anthracnose caused by an ascomycete fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is widely controlled by demethylation‐inhibitors (DMIs) for decades in China. The resistance status and mechanism of C. gloeosporioides against DMIs is not well understood.

Pheromone binding proteins (PBPs) are responsible for transporting sex pheromones and general odorant binding proteins (GOBPs) have been proposed to transport host‐plant volatiles. A large number of OBPs have been identified from Lepidoptera insect species. However, olfactory molecular biology and physiology studies on PBP and GOBP proteins in sugarcane pests were limited. Chilo infuscatellus is one

The tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), has emerged as a major pest of cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L, in mid‐southern United States. In the early 1990's L. lineolaris populations developed resistance to several classes of conventional insecticides, increasing the need for insecticides with alternative modes of action such as insect growth regulators (IGRs) for integrated pest

The insecticidal efficacy of selected mosquito larvicides [teflubenzuron, s‐methoprene, diflubenzuron, temephos, Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti ), polydimethylsiloxane], applied alone or in combination, was comparatively investigated against two Culex pipiens biotypes, i.e., Cx. p. biotype pipiens and Cx. p. biotype molestus , under laboratory and semi‐field conditions. Registered larvicides

Thrips (order Thysanoptera) infestations of cotton seedlings result in plant injury, increasing the detrimental consequences of other challenges to production agriculture, such as abiotic stress or infestation by other pests. Using Frankliniella fusca as a thrips species of focus, we empirically developed a composite model of thrips phenology and cotton seedling susceptibility to predict site‐specific

Insect glutathione S‐transferases (GSTs) play a crucial role in insecticide detoxification. However, there remains a distinct lack of information regarding the role of GSTs in the detoxification of Tolfenpyrad (TFP) in insects.