Functional and Evolutionary Stress Responses in Insect Pests
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 398
Special Issue Editor
Interests: insecticide; insect pest management; essential oils; insect resistance; insect biochemistry and physiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Insects live in variable and often stressful environments. The human activity which led to global warming, pollution by heavy metals, organic pollutants, and extensive application of insecticides, enhanced insect exposure to stressors. At an individual level, successful insect survival and reproduction are determined by complex adaptive physiological responses that mitigate the harmful effects of a stressor. At the population level, depending on available genetic variation and plasticity costs, the evolution of stress-resistant phenotypes could be promoted. Short-term and long-term (transgenerational) exposure to stressors have implications for the distribution, population dynamics and management efficacy of agricultural, forest and medically important insect pests.
This Special Issue aims to report recent findings on molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying the tolerance and evolution of adaptations to all forms of natural and anthropogenic stressors in insect pests. Research topics related to the fitness consequences of multiple stressors and mechanisms of cross-tolerance are encouraged.
Dr. Jelica M. Lazarević
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural and anthropogenic stressors
- physiological plasticity
- adaptation
- hormesis
- cross-tolerance
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