The negative environmental effects of massive applications of chemical pesticides in intensive agricultural production practices has been a significant global concern. The rapid development of biological pest control in recent years is directed towards alleviating the negative impacts of intensified modern agricultural practices on the environment. Habitat management is an...

Most of the records on interspecific relationships in agriculture and forest ecosystems were conserved during the long agricultural history of China. The interspecific association is divided into competition, facilitation and neutrality, where competition is studied in a greater depth. There was an increasing attention on facilitation introduced by the mainstream...

Terraces are old agricultural field systems created by the ancestors according to the local terrain and which still perform their production function today. These land use systems clearly show the wisdom and abilities of human to adapting to and taking advantages of the natural environment. Nowadays, tillage and management experiences...

Recent increases in agricultural productivity have largely been attributed to the availability of high-yielding varieties, farm irrigation and agrochemical inputs. However, many of the inputs and practices of intensive agriculture have remained detrimental to human health, environmental quality and biodiversity conservation. The shortage of intensive modern agriculture requires “agriculture rethinking”...

It is undoubted that biodiversity and its’ ecosystem services have significant importance for agricultural landscapes. The semi-natural habitats are the indispensable covers in agro-landscape, which maintain higher biodiversity because they provide refuge, foods and breeding place. To meet the demands of a growing human population, agricultural systems have been enlarged...

The history of diversified cropping can be dated back to the era of man’s evolution that followed hunting and gathering, and this form of cropping has stood the test of times to be still an important farming practice in modern agriculture. In recent years, to control insect pests using diversified...