Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Biology Research on Agricultural Pests

Dear Colleagues,

Agricultural pests rely on complex physiological regulation mechanisms, biochemical and molecular biological reactions in the body to strictly control feeding, flight, orientation, excretion, reproduction and other behaviors. The normal exercise of these behaviors results in the pests seriously harming agricultural production and brings difficulties in pest control. Artificial interference with the important physiological regulation mechanism and biochemical, molecular biological reaction of pests can disrupt the behavior sequence of pests and achieve the effect of pest control. Therefore, systematic research on physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology is very important for the efficient control of agricultural pests. However, the previous research on insect physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology mainly focused on revealing the mysteries of insect life.

This Special Issue aims to collect innovative papers that significantly contribute to research physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of regulating the harmful behavior of agricultural pests to agriculture. It welcomes original research and review papers from different fields, including but not limited to the physiological, biochemical and molecular biology mechanisms that regulate insect feeding, flight, orientation, digestion, excretion and other behaviors.

Dr. Lin Jin
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Agriculture is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• agricultural pests
• physiology
• biochemistry
• molecular biology
• behavioral regulation
• pest control