Simple Summary Climate change and extreme weather events have a major impact on crop
production and agricultural pests. As generally adaptable organisms, insect pests respond …

Highlights•Complex processes and interactions exist between climate, crops and
insects.•Rising T o C & CO 2 levels affect insect status, result in greater crop damage/yield …

The explosive expansion of the global population and technological progress has greatly
influenced agriculture and food production. However, this progress is threatened by climate …

Highlights•Climate change has global and complex impacts on agricultural
ecosystems.•Climate change can affect crop–pest interactions through various routes.•Pest …

In this chapter, we assess the current knowledge of the impact that climate change is having
on pest management. In particular, we assess biologically based methods, such as …

Climate change, an emerging global concern have serious effects in every aspects of
agriculture. Changed patterns in climatic factors like temperature, precipitation, humidity and …

Considering insect populations, we can see that climate change affects in many ways: it can
cause a shift in geographical spread (Porter et al., 1991; Ward and Masters, 2007) …

A climate directly affects the pests, but concomitantly also affects their host plants,
competitors, natural enemies and pest management strategies. As climate is an important …

Discusses the predictability of climate change impacts on insect management and
conservation in the northern hemisphere's temperate regions. Effect of low temperatures on …

Global warming and climate change will trigger major changes in diversity and abundance
of arthropods, geographical distribution of insect pests, insect population dynamics, insect …