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Impact of Temperature Change on the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda under Global Climate Change

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Yan, Xiao-Rui, Wang, Zhen-Ying, Feng, Shi-Qian, Zhao, Zi-Hua, Li, Zhi-Hong·2022·Insects

Abstract

The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith, 1797), known as an important agricultural pest around the world, is indigenous to the tropical–subtropical regions in the Western Hemisphere, although its distribution has expanded over large parts of America, Africa, Asia and Oceania in the last few years. The pest causes considerable costs annually coupled with its strong invasion propensity. Temperature is identified as the dominant abiotic factor affecting herbivorous insects. Several efforts have reported that temperature directly or indirectly influences the geographic distribution, phenology and natural enemies of the poikilothermal FAW, and thus may affect the damage to crops, e.g., the increased developmental rate accelerates the intake of crops at higher temperatures. Under some extreme temperatures, the FAW is likely to regulate various genes expression in response to environmental changes, which causes a wider viability and possibility of invasion threat. Therefore, this paper seeks to review and critically consider the variations of developmental indicators, the relationships between the FAW and its natural enemies and the temperature tolerance throughout its developmental stage at varying levels of heat/cold stress. Based on this, we discuss more environmentally friendly and economical control measures, we put forward future challenges facing climate change, we further offer statistical basics and instrumental guidance significance for informing FAW pest forecasting, risk analyses and a comprehensive management program for effective control globally.

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  • Due to changing climatic conditions and agricultural landscapes along with increasing resistance of FAW against conventional chemical pesticides, FAW is predicted to emerge as a major pest in rice.

    “And, due to the changing climatic conditions and agricultural landscapes along with the increasing resistance of FAW against conventional chemical pesticides, it is predicted that FAW will emerge as a major pest in rice9,11,54.”

    From Atmospheric cold plasma alters plant traits and negatively affects the growth and development of fall armyworm in rice (2025) · cites this paper as [54]

    The Introduction identifies rice as a FAW host, and the Conclusions say climate change may expand FAW’s range and the number of host plants it infests. Section 6 discusses reduced effectiveness of synthetic chemicals with rising temperatures, but does not establish increasing FAW resistance to conventional chemical pesticides. None of these passages predicts that FAW will become a major rice pest because of changing agricultural landscapes and pesticide resistance. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  1. [4]Mou J.Y. General Entomology China Agriculture Press Beijing, China 1996 Volume 78–82 352 362
  2. [154]Phiri F. Sambia’s Armyworm Outbreaks: Is Climate Change to Blame International Press Service Rome, Italy 2017

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Authors
Yan, X.-R., Wang, Z.-Y., Feng, S.-Q., Zhao, Z.-H., & Li, Z.-H.
Affiliations
  • China Agricultural University (CN)
  • State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
  • MARA Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Management for Plant Quarantine Pests, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Venue
Insects
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-10-26
Volume
13
Issue
11
Pages
981
ISSN
2075-4450 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4307552152
Cited by
71
References
108
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 3
FWCI
1.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Insects (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Hainan Special PhD Scientific Research Foundation of Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City (CARS-02-32)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Entomological Studies and Ecology
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect behavior and control techniques
Keywords
Spodoptera frugiperda, climate change, temperature effects on insects, insect development, heat stress, cold stress, heat tolerance, natural enemies, phenology, geographic distribution, invasive pest, pest forecasting, pest risk assessment, integrated pest management, gene expression

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