Cross-protection interactions in insect pests: Implications for pest management in a changing climate.

ABSTRACT: Agricultural insect pests display an exceptional ability to adapt quickly to natural and anthropogenic stressors. Emerging evidence suggests that frequent and varied sources of stress play an important role in driving protective physiological responses; therefore, intensively managed agroecosystems combined with climatic shifts might be an ideal crucible for stress adaptation. Cross-protection, where responses to one stressor offers protection against another type of stressor, has been well documented in many insect species, yet the molecular and epigenetic underpinnings that drive overlapping protective responses in insect pests remain unclear. In this perspective, we discuss cross-protection mechanisms and provide an argument for its potential role in increasing tolerance to a wide range

SUBMITTER: Bueno EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10092685 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature