Resistance to sap-sucking insects in modern-day agriculture
Plants and herbivores have co-evolved in their natural habitats for about 350 million years, but since the domestication of crops, plant resistance against insects has taken a different turn. With the onset of monoculture-driven modern agriculture, selective pressure on insects to overcome resistanc...
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| author | Martin eDe Vos Arjen eVanDoorn Arjen eVanDoorn |
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| description | Plants and herbivores have co-evolved in their natural habitats for about 350 million years, but since the domestication of crops, plant resistance against insects has taken a different turn. With the onset of monoculture-driven modern agriculture, selective pressure on insects to overcome resistances has dramatically increased. Therefore plant breeders have resorted to high-tech tools to continuously create new insect-resistant crops. Efforts in the past 30 years have resulted in elucidation of mechanisms of many effective plant defenses against insect herbivores. Here, we critically appraise these efforts and - with a focus on sap-sucking insects - discuss how these findings have contributed to herbivore-resistant crops. Moreover, in this review we try to assess where future challenges and opportunities lay ahead. Of particular importance will be a mandatory reduction in systemic pesticide usage and thus a greater reliance on alternative methods, such as improved plant genetics for plant resistance to insect herbivores. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0bf069299ff7492eb5143ab75e14e1cf2022-12-22T02:19:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2013-06-01410.3389/fpls.2013.0022248437Resistance to sap-sucking insects in modern-day agricultureMartin eDe Vos0Arjen eVanDoorn1Arjen eVanDoorn2Keygene N.V.Keygene N.V.Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences, University of AmsterdamPlants and herbivores have co-evolved in their natural habitats for about 350 million years, but since the domestication of crops, plant resistance against insects has taken a different turn. With the onset of monoculture-driven modern agriculture, selective pressure on insects to overcome resistances has dramatically increased. Therefore plant breeders have resorted to high-tech tools to continuously create new insect-resistant crops. Efforts in the past 30 years have resulted in elucidation of mechanisms of many effective plant defenses against insect herbivores. Here, we critically appraise these efforts and - with a focus on sap-sucking insects - discuss how these findings have contributed to herbivore-resistant crops. Moreover, in this review we try to assess where future challenges and opportunities lay ahead. Of particular importance will be a mandatory reduction in systemic pesticide usage and thus a greater reliance on alternative methods, such as improved plant genetics for plant resistance to insect herbivores.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2013.00222/fullBreedinggenetically modified cropsphloem-feeding insectscrop pestsnatural insecticides |
| spellingShingle | Martin eDe Vos Arjen eVanDoorn Arjen eVanDoorn Resistance to sap-sucking insects in modern-day agriculture Frontiers in Plant Science Breeding genetically modified crops phloem-feeding insects crop pests natural insecticides |
| title | Resistance to sap-sucking insects in modern-day agriculture |
| title_full | Resistance to sap-sucking insects in modern-day agriculture |
| title_fullStr | Resistance to sap-sucking insects in modern-day agriculture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resistance to sap-sucking insects in modern-day agriculture |
| title_short | Resistance to sap-sucking insects in modern-day agriculture |
| title_sort | resistance to sap sucking insects in modern day agriculture |
| topic | Breeding genetically modified crops phloem-feeding insects crop pests natural insecticides |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2013.00222/full |
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