Insects are among the planet’s most successful animals. They exist in diverse ecosystems that face a variety of threats such as extreme weather, nutritional deprivation, pathogen infection, and pesticide application. The timely and effective adaptation of insects to these various stressors is critical for their spread, propagation, and evolution. Behavioral adaptations and innate immune capacity are one of the most effective and timely adaption strategies for insects to withstand biotic and abiotic stressors and persist in the environment through a series of regulation processes.
The aim of this Research Topic is to develop a platform to share the latest progress on insect behavioral and innate immune adaptation to biotic and abiotic stress. Unraveling the regulation processes of these adaption responses from the genetic, physiological, and ecological levels will be beneficial for us to understand how insects interact with the environment and its diverse microbes. These studies may also provide insights into improving the biocontrol of agricultural insect pests and vectors of human diseases. In addition, this information will expand the use of insects as in vivo models for studying the dynamics of ecological evolution and host-pathogen interactions and expose the opportunities they present to counteract human infectious diseases.
This Research Topic will include Reviews and Original Research articles on insect behavioral and innate immune adaptations. The potential subtopics include, but are not limited to:
- Immunity;
- Innate immunity;
- Immune response;
- Insect behavioral adaptation;
- Genomics and evolution of insect behavioral adaptation & innate immunity;
- Ecological importance of behavioral and innate immune adaptation of insects to stress factors;
- Tripartite relationships: host, symbionts, and microbiota;
- Exploiting insect–microbe chemical communications to control insect pests.
Insects are among the planet’s most successful animals. They exist in diverse ecosystems that face a variety of threats such as extreme weather, nutritional deprivation, pathogen infection, and pesticide application. The timely and effective adaptation of insects to these various stressors is critical for their spread, propagation, and evolution. Behavioral adaptations and innate immune capacity are one of the most effective and timely adaption strategies for insects to withstand biotic and abiotic stressors and persist in the environment through a series of regulation processes.
The aim of this Research Topic is to develop a platform to share the latest progress on insect behavioral and innate immune adaptation to biotic and abiotic stress. Unraveling the regulation processes of these adaption responses from the genetic, physiological, and ecological levels will be beneficial for us to understand how insects interact with the environment and its diverse microbes. These studies may also provide insights into improving the biocontrol of agricultural insect pests and vectors of human diseases. In addition, this information will expand the use of insects as in vivo models for studying the dynamics of ecological evolution and host-pathogen interactions and expose the opportunities they present to counteract human infectious diseases.
This Research Topic will include Reviews and Original Research articles on insect behavioral and innate immune adaptations. The potential subtopics include, but are not limited to:
- Immunity;
- Innate immunity;
- Immune response;
- Insect behavioral adaptation;
- Genomics and evolution of insect behavioral adaptation & innate immunity;
- Ecological importance of behavioral and innate immune adaptation of insects to stress factors;
- Tripartite relationships: host, symbionts, and microbiota;
- Exploiting insect–microbe chemical communications to control insect pests.
