Dieter Enkerlin Schallenmüller was a Mexican biologist, entomologist, and professor who pioneered the use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Latin America.
[7] In 1968 he was invited by the Joint FAO/IAEA Division for Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture in Vienna, Austria, as an entomologist in the Section of Insect Eradication and Pest Control.
:[11] The Collembola Dietersminthurus enkerlinius, the trips Scirtothrips dieterenkerlini,[12] the beetle Phyllophaga dieteriana (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae),[13] and the Anastrepha enkerlini (Diptera: Tephritide).
[14] In 2011, the National Postal Services in Mexico printed a series of commemorative stamps dedicated to plant protection and food safety which featured a tribute to SIT and depicted Enkerlin.
[17][18] In November 2020, he received a posthumous tribute from the Mexican Entomological Society for his legacy in integrated pest management and positive influence over generations of agronomists, entomologists and biologists, including his son, Walther Enkerlin.