Description
This up-to-date reference book discusses the effects of climate change on the biodiversity of insect pests. The changing climate and agricultural intensification practices impact negatively on insect biodiversity. The book explains the significance of insect pests for evaluating climatic impacts on a wide range of ecological systems. It covers the effect of climate change on pollinators and household and agricultural insect pests. It explains how climate-smart agriculture can enhance productivity and food security.
FEATURES
- Reviews the effects of climate change on plant-insect interactions
- Includes topics such as insect biodiversity informatics and conservation
- Discusses food security, pest management, and beneficial and social insects
- Covers topics such as precision agriculture and climate-smart agriculture
- Provides insights on the relation between agriculture intensification and insect biodiversity
This book is meant for scientists, researchers, and students working in the fields of agriculture, entomology, ecology, plant science, environmental biology, and biotechnology.
Table of Contents
1. Overview of Precision and Climate-Smart Agriculture: Challenges and Solutions. 2. Plant Receptor Interaction with Herbivore-Associated Elicitors: Mechanisms and Implications for Insect Herbivory-Induced Defense. 3. Insect Biodiversity Informatics: Conservation and Decline. 4. Understanding Anthropogenic Climate Change, Its Consequences on Insect Pests, and Techniques in Forecasting and Monitoring Pest Dynamics: A Contemporary Scenario. 5. Climate Change and Insect Pathogens. 6. Climate Change and Agricultural Intensification Influence on Insect Biodiversity. 7. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Insect Behaviour. 8. Insect Population Dynamics and Climate Change. 9. Climate Change and Biological Control in Agricultural Systems: Principles and Practices. 10. Climate Change and Biodiversity of Beneficial and Social Insects. 11. Effect of Climate Change on Insect Pollinator. 12. Climate Change and Household Insect Pests. 13. Climate Change and Agricultural Insect Pests. 14. Climate-Smart Agriculture: An Integrated Approach to Address Climate Change and Food Security.
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