组学时代的化学生态学：传统交叉学科的现代使命

作为传统的交叉学科，化学生态学在解决农林生产和人类健康的问题中逐步成为内涵越来越丰富的学科领域；同时，技术进步极大推动着化学生态学的发展，使得我们对于生物之间化学通讯规律的认识更加深入和全面。本“昆虫化学生态学”专辑论文全面反映了我国昆虫化学生态学研究的特色，即以农林生产应用为导向，传统和现代技术并用，研究水平逐步和国际同步。在组学的技术背景下，坚持交叉学科特色，加强合作，化学生态学研究在粮食安全、生态保护、应对全球气候变化等方面会发挥更大作用。

Chemical ecology in the era of omics: New missions of a traditional interdiscipline

As a traditional interdiscipline, the content of chemical ecology is becoming more and more abundant in solving the problems of agricultural and forestry production and human health. Meanwhile, the application of new techniques has greatly promoted the development of the chemical ecology by deepening and widening our understanding of chemical communication among organisms. Articles in this special issue of “Insect Chemical Ecology” reflect, to a certain extent, the characteristics of chemical ecology research in China, i.e., agricultural and forestry orientation, application of both traditional and modern techniques, and almost keeping pace with international levels. In the era of omics, chemical ecology, with its interdisciplinary characteristics and by strengthening collaboration among scientists of different fields, will certainly play more important roles in different areas including food safety, ecological conservation, as well as for solutions of global climatic change.