Advances in Chemical Ecology

Dear Colleagues,

Semiochemical signals, including pheromones, allomones, kairomones, and synomones, are used as a form of intra- and inter-species communication, which can benefit the sender and/or receiver. Chemical cues among plants and insects, mites, gastropods, nematodes, and microorganisms provide an opportunity to further help our understanding of ecological interactions and more effectively manage natural and agricultural ecosystems. Disruptions or modifications to these chemical cues can aid in the development of novel pest control strategies in agriculture and forestry. Next-generation techniques will facilitate the use of semiochemicals in integrated pest management as powerful tools for agricultural systems. This Topic on “Frontiers in Chemical Ecology” welcomes original research and reviews on ecological interactions between organisms and agriculturally related issues. The focus is on chemically mediated interactions between plants, insects, mites, gastropods, nematodes, and microbes; analytical tools to identify novel semiochemicals, including but not limited to gas chromatography (GC), coupled GC–mass spectrometry (GC-MS), GC–electroantennography (GC-EAG), different extraction approaches involving distillation and solventless volatile collections methods, behavioral experiments, electroantennogram (EAG) responses, as well as artificial intelligence algorithm applications in communication, clustering, and classification methods.

Dr. Daniel Carrillo
Dr. Nurhayat Tabanca
Topic Editors