Journal
JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jipm/pmaa029
Keywords
Capsicum; pepper crop; greenhouse; greenhouse production; greenhouse peppers
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- Ontario Trillium Scholarship at the University of Windsor
- Canadian Agri-Science Cluster for Horticulture 3
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's AgriScience Program
- Canadian Agricultural Partnership initiative
- Canadian Horticultural Council
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The pepper weevil (Anthonomus eugenii Cano) is a destructive insect pest of field and greenhouse pepper crops across North America. Its management remains challenging with significant implications for pepper production, despite a documented presence in Central America, Mexico, the United States, and the Caribbean for approximately a century, and recently in Canada. Currently, the main tools and methods applied to manage pepper weevil populations in greenhouse peppers are the implementation of strict biosecurity protocols, diligent monitoring, physical and cultural management techniques, and chemical insecticides when necessary. However, these tools can be costly, labor-intensive, and insufficient, particularly when new outbreaks go undetected for prolonged periods. Additionally, the use of available insecticides is limited due to significant nontarget effects these have on biological control agents used to manage other important greenhouse pepper pests. Recently, research efforts have focused on developing better tools for pepper weevil management to mitigate a rising incidence of insecticide resistance and the spread of weevils into temperate regions, however, multiple constraints remain. Here, we review the current state of knowledge of the pepper weevil and identify information gaps, which future research should address to improve the targeted management of this pest in greenhouse pepper production systems.
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