About this journal

International Journal of Pest Management publishes original research papers and reviews concerned with pest management in the broad sense, covering the control of pests (invertebrates, vertebrates and weeds) and diseases of plants, fungi and their products – including biological control, varietal and cultural control, chemical controland interference methods.

The management of invasive species is of special interest. We also encourage submissions dealing with interactions of multiple pests such as arthropods and plant pathogens, pathogens and weeds or weeds and arthropods as well as those dealing with the indirect and direct effects of climate change on sustainable agricultural practices.

The journal covers the following scientific topics:

• Population dynamics of pests in relation to management strategies.
• Assessment of pest or weed and disease damage characteristics / levels and associated yield loss; damage and economic thresholds; sampling and monitoring methods.
• Pest management systems including decision support and risk analyses.
• Analysis of farmers’ perceptions of pest management constraints or technologies and of economic benefits supporting studies of the efficacy of pest management at field- and farm-scale.
• The relationship of pest management to the wider aspects of farming systems and rural development policy.
• Pre and post-harvest pest management.
• Novel pest management approaches, technology, methods and techniques
• Non-target effects of pesticide use / of biological control introductions.
• Life-history strategies and evolution of pest organisms / biological control agents.
• Plant defense mechanism in the context of pest management.
• Environmental sustainability in relation to pest management practices.

Reviews -The journal also publishesinvited reviewson various areas of pest management. Authors of potential reviews are advised to contact the editor with a brief outline of subject matter and content before preparing a manuscript.

Forum section - The journal has an occasionalforum section for short papersaimed at facilitating discussion and debate between readers and authors on important issues in pest management.

Please note that studies will only be accepted for publication when supported by rigorous, appropriate statistical analysis and that m anuscripts must be written to the highest standard of English. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized.

The following donotfall within the aims and scope of the journal:

Readership : Researchers in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, aquaculture, stored products and medico-veterinary pest management.

Editor:
Professor Jorge Alberto Zavala - Professor at the Biochemistry Unit (Catedra de Bioquimica) School of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Previous Editors:
Mark Jervis - Cardiff University, UK
Dr Juan Corley -  INTA, Argentina

Regional Assistant Editors
C. Damalas - Democritus University of Thrace, Greece (Europe and Africa)
Y. Gao - Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China (Asia)

Editorial Board:
G. Abdollahzadeh - Gorgan University of Agric. Sci. and Nat. Resources Gorgan, Iran
E. Abreo - National Institute of Agricultural Research of Uruguay
H. Ali - Assistant Professor, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
J.M.S. Bento - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
S. Chen - Dept. of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina, USA
J. Collatz - Agroscope, Switzerland
C. Damalas - Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
A. Datta - School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
X. Fauvergue - INRA Sophia-Antipolis, France
P.C Fernandez - Universidad De Buenos Aires, Argentina
Y. Gao - Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China
F. Garganese -  Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, University of Bari Aldo Moro
I.Graziosi -  Programme Coordinator, Urban Forest Initiative (UFI), University of Kentucky, USA
B. Hogg - USDA-Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, USA
V. G. Jacobi - Cátedra de Zoología Agrícola, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
M.K. Kansiime - Agricultural Economist Center for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI), Kenya
T. Kaspary - Plant Protection, INIA, Uruguay
J.H. Lee - Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
C. Niu - Huazhong Agricultural University, China
S. Senthil-Nathan - Centre for Excellence in Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India
G. Sperandio - Department of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy
J.H. Sun - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
M. Tokuda - Saga University, Japan
S. Wei - Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, China
J.A. Zavala - Facultad de Agronomía, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
W. Zhou - Zhejiang University, China

International Advisory Panel:
C. Athanassiou - University of Thessaly, Greece
B. Aukema - University of Minnesota, USA
J. Beggs - University of Auckland, New Zealand
A. Biondi - Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Italy
M. Faccoli - University of Padova, Italy
R. Guedes - Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil
Y. Huang - Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
S. Leather - Harper-Adams University, UK
M. Montserrat - IHSM-UMA-CSIC, Spain
C. Nansen – University of California, Davis, USA
C. Rodríguez-Saona - Dept. of Entomology, Rutgers University, USA
D.C. Weber - USDA Arigultural Research Service, USA