Chin J Plant Ecol ›› 2010, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (9): 1107-1116.DOI: 10.3773/j.issn.1005-264x.2010.09.011

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Review of advances in mechanisms of sustainable management of pests by agro-biodiversity

GAO Dong*(), HE Xia-Hong, ZHU You-Yong   

  1. The National Center for Agricultural Biodiversity, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biodiversity for Plant Disease Management, Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
  • Received:2010-03-01 Accepted:2010-05-07 Online:2010-03-01 Published:2010-10-08
  • Contact: GAO Dong

Abstract:

Agro-biodiversity plays an important ecological function. It is essential for global food production, livelihood security and sustainable agricultural development. Agro-biodiversity is a key to the stable, healthy, productive, sustainable field ecosystem and for sustainable management of pests. It has attracted increased attention for the prevention and control of pests based on the principles and methods of systems engineering to regulate the biodiversity in agro-ecosystems. We discuss the ecological functions and mechanism of biodiversity of agro-ecosystems in preventing and controlling pests, utilizing information from multiple disciplines including plant pathology, agricultural ecology, plant nutriology, plant physiology and plant allelopathy.

Key words: agro-biodiversity, ecological function, ecosystem, mechanism, pest