Molecular Basis for Sustainable Management of Migratory Insects
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2025 | Viewed by 65
Special Issue Editor
Interests: molecular regulatory mechanism of insect migration; molecular mechanism of insect migration and immunity; insect genome
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Dear Colleagues,
The migration of agricultural insect pests is not only an important life history strategy that evolved to exploit new habitats, regulate population structure, and maintain population breeding through flight under a long-term adaptation to unstable farmland environments, but also results in frequent outbreaks and significant agricultural losses. The consequence of a migratory insect outbreak is the combination of internal insect biology and external environmental conditions, especially since insects have evolved a series of adaptive life history strategies that benefit population survival, reproduction, and growth.
Although numerous studies have documented the biological impacts of environmental and physiological factors on the growth, development, migration, and reproduction of migratory pests, research at the molecular level remains unsystematic.
Led by our Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Xingfu Jiang, assisted by Dr. Dianjie Xie (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China), this Special Issue aims to publish articles exploring the molecular basis associated with migratory insect pest population growth, migration and reproduction, migration and immunity, migration and diapause, as well as migration and orientation. Our goal is to provide theoretical insights into the migration mechanisms of migratory insect pests worldwide, thereby facilitating their integrated pest management.
Prof. Dr. Xingfu Jiang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- migrant insects
- molecular basis of population growth
- migration and reproduction
- migration and immunity
- migration and diapause
- migration and orientation
- molecular regulation of migration
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