The Concept of Ecostacking

Techniques and Applications

Jinjun Wang, Huai Liu, Ingeborg Menzler-Hokkanen, Hongbo Jiang, Heikki M.T. Hokkanen, Ingeborg Menzler-Hokkanen

• Publisher: CAB International
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781789248692
• eBook ISBN: 9781789248715
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Ecostacking is a new concept and approach which aims to maximize the benefits of ecosystem service providers in cropping systems to help achieve the goal of long-term sustainable agriculture and food production. The term "ecostacking" means combining synergistically the beneficial services of functional biodiversity from all levels and types. It is a comprehensive approach, where the various ecosystem service providers are fully integrated with the rest of the cropping system including agronomic practices. It is an approach which goes beyond conventional Integrated Pest Management practises, and attempts to take advantage of all the functional biodiversity of a system.The main focus of ecostacking is on maximizing ecosystem services for biological control and pollination from beneficial arthropods, but the approach also utilizes other invertebrates (e.g., earthworms) as well as beneficial vertebrates such as bats, birds and small mammals. Microbes also provide invaluable ecosystem services including pest, disease, and weed control, either directly as components of "suppressive soils" or as plant colonizers (as endophytes or as epiphytic microbial flora). The ecostacking approach also aims to maximize other nature-provided services such as maintenance of soil health and nutrient cycling.The Concept of Ecostacking is the first book in a series which introduces ecostacking concepts to the reader and explores how this approach can be used in a variety of ways and in different cropping systems. The book defines this new concept and shows, using illustrative case studies from around the world, how ecostacking principles can be successfully employed in cropping systems in the open field, in greenhouses and in forestry.This book: · will serve as inspiration for developing further applications of this breakthrough technology for sustainable agricultural production.· is a must-read for everyone with an interest in developing sustainable crop protection systems and ecosystem management.· has been written and edited by the world's leading experts in this new and exciting endeavour.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• List of Contributors
• 1 The Concept of Ecostacking
• 2 RNAi-Promoted Ecostacking Concept: Rebooting Biological Control for Aphid Pests
• 3 Priming of Plant Defences
• 4 Dual Role of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Beauveria bassiana in Insect Pest Management in the Greenhouse
• 5 Potential of Plant–Plant Communication to Improve Sustainable Pest Control
• 6 Management of Tephritid Fruit Flies Targeting the Olfactory System
• 7 Insect Taste
• 8 Management of Agricultural Soils to Support Ecosystem Services for Pest Control
• 9 Inundative Use of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Forestry to Curb a Pest Outbreak and to Allow Natural Enemies to Take Back Control
• 10 The Greenhouse Environment: Challenges for Ecostacking
• 11 Predatory Mites for Greenhouse Pest Management: Possibilities for Enhanced Action via Ecostacking
• 12 Plant–Microbe Interactions, Friends or Foes: Case Study of Fagraea ceilanica Leaf Blight Caused by Geotrichum candidum in China and in vitro Screening of Antagonistic Bacteria
• 13 Integrating Agroecological Practices to Manage Pests While Combining Organic and Conservation Agriculture
• 14 Effective Biological Control of the Pollen Beetle in Oilseed Rape in Finland: How Insecticide Use in Cereals Disrupts the System
• 15 Impact of Integrating Autodissemination with the Male Annihilation Technique on Fruit Fly Infestation for Enhanced Mango Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
• 16 Ecostacking Strategies for Avocado Production in Florida
• 17 Wildflower Strips for Insects… and People: Stacking the Socio-cultural Dimension
• 18 Outlook for Ecostacking
• Index
• Back Cover