Advances in monitoring of native and invasive insect pests of crops

• Highlights the relationship between climate change and the emergence of invasive insect crop pests
• Considers the key challenges facing the identification of crop insect pests and the role of new, emerging technologies in improving the rate of detection (e.g. image-based, DNA barcoding)
• Reviews the establishment of successful integrated pest management (IPM) programmes to control and/or eradicate the existence of invasive species

Part 1 Detection

• 1. Advances in techniques for trapping crop insect pests: Archie K. Murchie, Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute, UK;
• 2. Advances and challenges in monitoring insect pests of major field crops in the United States: Erin W. Hodgson and Ashley N. Dean, Iowa State University, USA; Anders Huseth, North Carolina State University, USA; and William D. Hutchison, University of Minnesota, USA;
• 3. Quantifying captures from insect pest trap networks: Nicholas C. Manoukis, USDA-ARS, USA;
• 4. Developments in crop insect pest detection techniques: Richard W. Mankin, USDA-ARS, USA;
• 5. Monitoring airborne movement of crop insect pests and beneficials: V. Alistair Drake, University of Canberra and University of New South Wales, Australia;

Part 2 Identification, modelling and risk assessment

• 6. Advances in image-based identification and analysis of crop insect pests: Daniel Guyer, Michigan State University, USA; and Charles Whitfield, NIAB, UK;
• 7. Advances in insect pest monitoring using pest population growth and geospatial data for pest risk assessment: Michael J. Brewer, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA; Isaac L. Esquivel, North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, USA; and John W.Gordy, Syngenta Crop Protection, USA;
• 8. Advances in pest risk assessment techniques focusing on invertebrate pests of European outdoor crops: Mark W. Ramsden, Samuel Telling, Daniel J. Leybourne, Natasha Alonso and Sacha White, RSK ADAS Ltd, UK; and Nikos Georgantzis, Burgundy School of Business, France;

Part 3 Invasive species

• 9. Assessing the potential economic impact of invasive plant pests: Monique Mourits and Alfons Oude Lansink, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;
• 10. Developing effective phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction of invasive insect pests: Alan MacLeod and Dominic Eyre, DEFRA, UK;
• 11. Mitigating invasive insect species: eradication, long-term management, and the importance of sampling and monitoring: Amy Morey, University of Minnesota, USA; and Robert Venette, USDA Forest Service, USA;