Functional Traits and Pest-Plant Interactions
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 1059
Special Issue Editor
2. Graduate Programme in Forest and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Tocantins, Gurupi 77402-970, Brazil
3. Graduate Programme in Biotechnology and Biodiversity, Federal University of Tocantins, Gurupi 77402-970, Brazil
Interests: entomology; ecophysiology; ecotoxicology; functional ecology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The capacity of global agricultural and forest production depends on the productive capacity of the ecosystem in which plants are grown. This productive capacity is directly linked to the health and functional traits of such ecosystem, implying a need to understand the interactions between plants, pests, pest control, and their rule on ecosystem functioning. Such interactions may be directly or indirectly affected by biotic and abiotic stress factors. Therefore, the launch of the Special Issue " Functional Traits and Pest–Plant Interactions " is urgent. It will address the effects of pest–plant interactions, including pest control practices and plant defense responses and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses, on ecosystem functional traits through an interdisciplinary approach aiming to link several levels of biological organization by determining functional alterations in sub-cells, cells, tissues, organs, individuals, populations, and communities. In this context, morphological, histological, physiological, genetic, proteomic, and metabolomic research tools, amongst others, can help support our understanding of these interactions.
Dr. Renato de Almeida Sarmento
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ecophysiology
- pest control
- agriculture
- agroforestry
- biodiversity
- invasive pests
- climate change
- tri-trophic interactions
