Diapause, Adaptation, Phenotypic Plasticity and Control Strategies of Crop Pests
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editor
Interests: insect physiology; biochemistry; molecular biology; genomics; molecular toxicology; insect behavior
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Dear Colleagues,
The study of insect diapause, adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, and these genetically determined evolutionary behaviors has long been the cornerstone of entomology, providing fundamental insights into how crop pests survive adverse conditions. Historically, research focused on describing diapause induction and termination, genetic regulatory mechanisms of adaptation, and phenotypic plasticity, often in isolation from broader physiological and ecological contexts. More recently, this field has converged with the study of diverse and profound adaptive phenotypes underpinning pest resilience and geographic expansion in the face of climate change and management pressures, providing a theoretical basis for the formulation of pest control strategies.
This Special Issue welcomes the submission of cutting-edge research at the interplay between diapause, adaptation, phenotypic plasticity behaviors, and ecological environments in major crop pests. We seek contributions that leverage advanced tools to unravel the physiological and genetic regulatory mechanisms of diapause, adaptation, and phenotypic plasticity behaviors of crop pests in rapidly changing agroecosystems and at the same time propose innovative pest control strategies.
Dr. Lin Jin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- diapause
- adaptation
- phenotypic plasticity
- interplay
- ecological environment
- regulatory mechanism
- control strategies
- crop pest
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