Prospects of the Application of Garlic Extracts and Selenium and Silicon Compounds for Plant Protection against Herbivorous Pests: A Review
Protection of plants against herbivorous pests is an important aspect that guarantees agricultural efficiency, i.e., food provision to populations. Environmental, water and foodstuff pollution by toxic pesticides, along with climate changes, highlight the necessity to achieve intensive development o...
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| author | Nadezhda Golubkina Vladimir Zayachkovsky Sergei Sheshnitsan Liubov Skrypnik Marina Antoshkina Anna Smirnova Mikhail Fedotov Gianluca Caruso |
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| description | Protection of plants against herbivorous pests is an important aspect that guarantees agricultural efficiency, i.e., food provision to populations. Environmental, water and foodstuff pollution by toxic pesticides, along with climate changes, highlight the necessity to achieve intensive development of ecologically safe methods of herbivory control. This review discusses modern methods of plant protection against insect pests: the biofortification of plants with selenium, treatment of plants with bulk and nano-silicon, and utilization of garlic extracts. The peculiarities of such methods of defense are described in relation to growth stimulation as well as increasing the yield and nutritional value of products. Direct defense methods, i.e., mechanical, hormonal, through secondary metabolites and/or mineral element accumulation, and indirect defense via predator attraction are discussed. Examples of herbivorous pest control during plant growth and grain/seed storage are emphasized. A comparison of sodium selenate, silicon containing fertilizer (Siliplant) and garlic extract efficiency is analyzed on <i>Raphanus sativus</i> var. lobo infested with the cruciferous gall midge <i>Contarinia nasturtii</i>, indicating the quick annihilation of pests as a result of the foliar application of garlic extract or silicon-containing fertilizer, Siliplant. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-512684df2c6c4196a7e666e3bb6d882f2023-11-23T12:35:38ZengMDPI AGAgriculture2077-04722022-01-011216410.3390/agriculture12010064Prospects of the Application of Garlic Extracts and Selenium and Silicon Compounds for Plant Protection against Herbivorous Pests: A ReviewNadezhda Golubkina0Vladimir Zayachkovsky1Sergei Sheshnitsan2Liubov Skrypnik3Marina Antoshkina4Anna Smirnova5Mikhail Fedotov6Gianluca Caruso7Analytical Laboratory Department, Federal Scientific Vegetable Center, 143072 Moscow, RussiaAnalytical Laboratory Department, Federal Scientific Vegetable Center, 143072 Moscow, RussiaDepartment of Landscape Architecture and Soil Science, Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies, 394036 Voronezh, RussiaInstitute of Living Systems, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 236040 Kaliningrad, RussiaAnalytical Laboratory Department, Federal Scientific Vegetable Center, 143072 Moscow, RussiaAnalytical Laboratory Department, Federal Scientific Vegetable Center, 143072 Moscow, RussiaLaboratory of New Metallurgical Processes, A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science, 119334 Moscow, RussiaDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, ItalyProtection of plants against herbivorous pests is an important aspect that guarantees agricultural efficiency, i.e., food provision to populations. Environmental, water and foodstuff pollution by toxic pesticides, along with climate changes, highlight the necessity to achieve intensive development of ecologically safe methods of herbivory control. This review discusses modern methods of plant protection against insect pests: the biofortification of plants with selenium, treatment of plants with bulk and nano-silicon, and utilization of garlic extracts. The peculiarities of such methods of defense are described in relation to growth stimulation as well as increasing the yield and nutritional value of products. Direct defense methods, i.e., mechanical, hormonal, through secondary metabolites and/or mineral element accumulation, and indirect defense via predator attraction are discussed. Examples of herbivorous pest control during plant growth and grain/seed storage are emphasized. A comparison of sodium selenate, silicon containing fertilizer (Siliplant) and garlic extract efficiency is analyzed on <i>Raphanus sativus</i> var. lobo infested with the cruciferous gall midge <i>Contarinia nasturtii</i>, indicating the quick annihilation of pests as a result of the foliar application of garlic extract or silicon-containing fertilizer, Siliplant.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/1/64herbivoryseleniumsilicongarlic extracts |
| spellingShingle | Nadezhda Golubkina Vladimir Zayachkovsky Sergei Sheshnitsan Liubov Skrypnik Marina Antoshkina Anna Smirnova Mikhail Fedotov Gianluca Caruso Prospects of the Application of Garlic Extracts and Selenium and Silicon Compounds for Plant Protection against Herbivorous Pests: A Review Agriculture herbivory selenium silicon garlic extracts |
| title | Prospects of the Application of Garlic Extracts and Selenium and Silicon Compounds for Plant Protection against Herbivorous Pests: A Review |
| title_full | Prospects of the Application of Garlic Extracts and Selenium and Silicon Compounds for Plant Protection against Herbivorous Pests: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Prospects of the Application of Garlic Extracts and Selenium and Silicon Compounds for Plant Protection against Herbivorous Pests: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prospects of the Application of Garlic Extracts and Selenium and Silicon Compounds for Plant Protection against Herbivorous Pests: A Review |
| title_short | Prospects of the Application of Garlic Extracts and Selenium and Silicon Compounds for Plant Protection against Herbivorous Pests: A Review |
| title_sort | prospects of the application of garlic extracts and selenium and silicon compounds for plant protection against herbivorous pests a review |
| topic | herbivory selenium silicon garlic extracts |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/1/64 |
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