Climate change is altering the distribution, abundance, and life cycles of pests, posing a significant threat to global food security and agricultural sustainability. Rising temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events are creating favorable conditions for pest proliferation, leading to increased crop losses and economic damage. Conventional pest management strategies, often reliant on chemical pesticides, are becoming less effective and environmentally sustainable in the face of these changes. To address these challenges, a paradigm shift towards climate-smart pest management (CSPM) is essential.
CSPM promotes an integrated approach that combines ecological, biological, and cultural control methods to minimize the reliance on pesticides and enhance ecosystem resilience.
1. Understand the impact of climate change on pest dynamics and distribution: This involves studying how changes in temperature, precipitation, and extreme weather events influence pest populations, their life cycles, and their range expansion.
2. Develop effective and sustainable pest management strategies in the context of climate change: This entails exploring and implementing alternative control methods that minimize reliance on pesticides and promote ecosystem resilience.
3. Enhance the resilience of agricultural systems to pest pressure under changing climatic conditions: This involves developing strategies to strengthen crop resistance, improve soil health, and foster biodiversity in agroecosystems.
This Research Topic welcomes original research, reviews, and opinion pieces that explore the multifaceted relationship between climate change and pest management. Submissions are expected to address the impact of climate change on pest dynamics, distribution, and control, with a focus on developing and implementing effective and sustainable pest management strategies under changing climatic conditions.
Specific Themes:
- Climate change impacts on pest biology, ecology, and distribution
- Adaptation of pest management practices to a changing climate
- Climate-smart pest management (CSPM) strategies and approaches
- Integrated pest management (IPM) in the context of climate change
- Biological control and biopesticides under climate change
- Host plant resistance and crop resilience to pest pressure
- Monitoring, forecasting, and early warning systems for climate-informed pest management
- Socioeconomic and policy implications of climate change on pest management
Types of Manuscripts:
- Original research articles: reporting novel findings on the effects of climate change on pest management
- Review articles: providing comprehensive syntheses of current knowledge on climate change and pest management
- Opinion pieces: offering expert perspectives on emerging issues and challenges in climate-smart pest management
- Case studies: showcasing successful applications of climate-smart pest management practices in different agricultural settings
- Policy briefs: advocating for science-based policy solutions to address climate change and pest management challenges
Keywords:
climate-smart pest
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Climate change is altering the distribution, abundance, and life cycles of pests, posing a significant threat to global food security and agricultural sustainability. Rising temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events are creating favorable conditions for pest proliferation, leading to increased crop losses and economic damage. Conventional pest management strategies, often reliant on chemical pesticides, are becoming less effective and environmentally sustainable in the face of these changes. To address these challenges, a paradigm shift towards climate-smart pest management (CSPM) is essential.
CSPM promotes an integrated approach that combines ecological, biological, and cultural control methods to minimize the reliance on pesticides and enhance ecosystem resilience.
1. Understand the impact of climate change on pest dynamics and distribution: This involves studying how changes in temperature, precipitation, and extreme weather events influence pest populations, their life cycles, and their range expansion.
2. Develop effective and sustainable pest management strategies in the context of climate change: This entails exploring and implementing alternative control methods that minimize reliance on pesticides and promote ecosystem resilience.
3. Enhance the resilience of agricultural systems to pest pressure under changing climatic conditions: This involves developing strategies to strengthen crop resistance, improve soil health, and foster biodiversity in agroecosystems.
This Research Topic welcomes original research, reviews, and opinion pieces that explore the multifaceted relationship between climate change and pest management. Submissions are expected to address the impact of climate change on pest dynamics, distribution, and control, with a focus on developing and implementing effective and sustainable pest management strategies under changing climatic conditions.
Specific Themes:
- Climate change impacts on pest biology, ecology, and distribution
- Adaptation of pest management practices to a changing climate
- Climate-smart pest management (CSPM) strategies and approaches
- Integrated pest management (IPM) in the context of climate change
- Biological control and biopesticides under climate change
- Host plant resistance and crop resilience to pest pressure
- Monitoring, forecasting, and early warning systems for climate-informed pest management
- Socioeconomic and policy implications of climate change on pest management
Types of Manuscripts:
- Original research articles: reporting novel findings on the effects of climate change on pest management
- Review articles: providing comprehensive syntheses of current knowledge on climate change and pest management
- Opinion pieces: offering expert perspectives on emerging issues and challenges in climate-smart pest management
- Case studies: showcasing successful applications of climate-smart pest management practices in different agricultural settings
- Policy briefs: advocating for science-based policy solutions to address climate change and pest management challenges
Keywords:
climate-smart pest
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.