Delivering sustainable crop protection systems via the seed: exploiting natural constitutive and inducible defence pathways.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
; 369(1639): 20120281, 2014 Apr 05.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24535389
ABSTRACT
To reduce the need for seasonal inputs, crop protection will have to be delivered via the seed and other planting material. Plant secondary metabolism can be harnessed for this purpose by new breeding technologies, genetic modification and companion cropping, the latter already on-farm in sub-Saharan Africa. Secondary metabolites offer the prospect of pest management as robust as that provided by current pesticides, for which many lead compounds were, or are currently deployed as, natural products. Evidence of success and promise is given for pest management in industrial and developing agriculture. Additionally, opportunities for solving wider problems of sustainable crop protection, and also production, are discussed.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Seeds
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Breeding
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Pest Control, Biological
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Population Growth
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Plants, Genetically Modified
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Agriculture
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Reino Unido