The Biology, Ecology, and Management of Plant Pests
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 March 2026 | Viewed by 611
Special Issue Editors
Interests: insect physiology; pest physical control technology; integrated pest management
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Interests: pest management and plant protection; edible insect; analytical chemistry of agrochemicals
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Interests: applied mathematics; biomathematics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant pests have significant impacts on agricultural productivity and ecosystem stability. Understanding the biology and ecology of these pests is essential to develop effective and sustainable pest management strategies. This involves gaining novel insights into the physiological mechanisms that underpin pest survival and proliferation, conducting detailed studies on behavioral patterns and their triggers, unraveling the genetic basis of pest adaptation and resistance, and exploring the evolutionary trajectories that shape pest species over time. This Special Issue seeks to highlight research on the complex ecological relationships between pests and their surroundings. This type of research includes investigating the pivotal role of natural enemies in regulating pest populations, studying the mechanisms and potential of host plant resistance as a defensive strategy, and analyzing how various environmental factors, such as climate change, habitat modification, and resource availability, interact to influence pest population dynamics and community structures. We encourage submissions that showcase innovative biological control methods and integrated pest management (IPM) programs, such as biomathematical modeling, remote sensing and multispectral technologies, and the introduction of natural predators or pathogens; advances in ecological engineering approaches that modify the environment to suppress pest populations; and other novel management tactics that offer environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional chemical control.
Dr. Lei Bian
Dr. Yu Gao
Dr. Suli Liu
Dr. Yuxin Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- genetic diversity
- life table
- population dynamic
- biomathematics
- insect behavior
- insect physiology
- pest resistance
- molecular mechanism
- olfactory peripheral neurons
- insecticide resistance
- plant–pest–natural enemy
- plant–insect-vector–pathogen
- integrated pest management
- pest monitoring and early warning
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