Ecological Adaptation of Insect Pests
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest and Vector Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 51
Special Issue Editors
2. Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Interests: global changes; molecular ecology; molecular systematics; environmental stress adaptation; integrated pest management (IPM)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Under the pressures of global climate change and agricultural intensification, the ecological adaptation of insect pests has become a critical factor influencing ecosystems and crop production. Insect pests exhibit remarkable ecological adaptations that enable their survival, reproduction, and expansion in diverse environments. These adaptations include phenotypic and behavioral plasticity, physiological tolerance, host-plant interactions, ecological resistance mechanisms, etc. Understanding these adaptations is critical for predicting pest outbreaks, developing targeted control strategies, and mitigating crop losses. By integrating insights from ecology, evolutionary biology, insect physiology and biochemistry, and molecular biology, this topic aims to unravel the genetic and phenotypic underpinnings of insect pest adaptation, explore their ecological and evolutionary consequences, and translate these findings into innovative insect pest management solutions.
Prof. Dr. Yuzhou Du
Dr. Yawen Chang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ecological adaptations
- phenotypic plasticity
- behavioral strategies
- physiological mechanisms
- molecular mechanisms
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