PestNet
Sydney NSW, Australia
For your information
18 days ago
Insects struggle to adjust to extreme temperatures making them vulnerable to climate change
ScienceDailySource:University of BristolSummary:As more frequent and intense heat waves expose animals to temperatures outside of their normal limits, an international team has studied over 100 species of insect to better understand how these changes will likely affect them.Insects have weak ability to adjust their thermal limits to high temperatures and are thus more susceptible to global warming than previously thought.
As more frequent and intense heat waves expose animals to temperatures outside of their normal limits, an international team led by researchers at the University of Bristol studied over 100 species of insect to better understand how these changes will likely affect them.
Insects — which are as important as pollinators, crop pests and disease vectors — are particularly vulnerable to extreme temperatures. One way insects can deal with such extremes is through acclimation, where previous thermal exposure extends their critical thermal limits. Acclimation can trigger physiological changes such as the upregulation of heat shock proteins, and result in changes to phospholipid composition in the cell membrane.
Read on: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220913183113.htm
Climate_change
Global Plant Protection News 
Leave a Reply