TY - JOUR
T1 - Delivering sustainable crop protection systems via the seed
T2 - exploiting natural constitutive and inducible defence pathways
AU - Pickett, John A.
AU - Aradottír, Gudbjorg I.
AU - Birkett, Michael A
AU - Bruce, Toby J. A.
AU - Hooper, Antony M.
AU - Midega, Charles A. O.
AU - Jones, Huw D
AU - Matthes, Michaela C.
AU - Napier, Johnathan A.
AU - Pittchar, Jimmy O.
AU - Smart, Lesley E
AU - Woodcock, Christine M.
AU - Khan, Zeyaur R.
PY - 2014/4/5
Y1 - 2014/4/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Agriculture
KW - Animals
KW - Aphids
KW - Breeding
KW - Pest Control, Biological
KW - Pheromones
KW - Plants, Genetically Modified
KW - Population Growth
KW - Seeds
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2160/42916
U2 - 10.1098/rstb.2012.0281
DO - 10.1098/rstb.2012.0281
M3 - Article
C2 - 24535389
SN - 0962-8436
VL - 369
JO - Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences
JF - Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences
IS - 1639
M1 - 0281
ER -