Nowadays, warming has led to a high frequency of extreme climate changes such as heat, flooding and drought. Extreme climate can create a complex ecological environment with multiple different factors that directly and indirectly affect plants, including agricultural crops. Moreover, many additional factors are subsequently affected, such as arthropod populations, interactions with host plants, and the geographic distribution of insects and diseases. Significantly, climate change is also making pests that ravage vital agricultural crops even more devastating, heightening the threat to global food security and the environment. There is therefore a considerable need for mechanistic studies using modern genetics and genomics, molecular biology techniques, and methods based on physiological and biochemical foundations to understand the key factors in the adaptation of arthropods to climate change and to provide a theoretical basis for the development of novel management strategies.
This Research Topic aims to gain insight into the physiological underpinnings of arthropod adaptation strategies to global warming. Potential areas of interest may include, but are not limited to:
• Growth and Development (metamorphosis, reproduction, mating)
• Host odor perception (perception feeding, chemical communication)
• Biodiversity disruption
• Biological invasion
• Pesticide resistance
• Green pest control (e.g. RNAi)
We welcome submissions of different article types to this collection, in particular reviews, mini-reviews, and original research papers. See the Invertebrate Physiology section for a full list of the types of articles that can be considered.
Nowadays, warming has led to a high frequency of extreme climate changes such as heat, flooding and drought. Extreme climate can create a complex ecological environment with multiple different factors that directly and indirectly affect plants, including agricultural crops. Moreover, many additional factors are subsequently affected, such as arthropod populations, interactions with host plants, and the geographic distribution of insects and diseases. Significantly, climate change is also making pests that ravage vital agricultural crops even more devastating, heightening the threat to global food security and the environment. There is therefore a considerable need for mechanistic studies using modern genetics and genomics, molecular biology techniques, and methods based on physiological and biochemical foundations to understand the key factors in the adaptation of arthropods to climate change and to provide a theoretical basis for the development of novel management strategies.
This Research Topic aims to gain insight into the physiological underpinnings of arthropod adaptation strategies to global warming. Potential areas of interest may include, but are not limited to:
• Growth and Development (metamorphosis, reproduction, mating)
• Host odor perception (perception feeding, chemical communication)
• Biodiversity disruption
• Biological invasion
• Pesticide resistance
• Green pest control (e.g. RNAi)
We welcome submissions of different article types to this collection, in particular reviews, mini-reviews, and original research papers. See the Invertebrate Physiology section for a full list of the types of articles that can be considered.