Biotechnological Road Map for Innovative Weed Management
In most agriculture farmlands, weed management is predominantly reliant on integrated weed management (IWM) strategies, such as herbicide application. However, the overuse and misuse of herbicides, coupled with the lack of novel active ingredients, has resulted in the uptrend of herbicide-resistant...
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| description | In most agriculture farmlands, weed management is predominantly reliant on integrated weed management (IWM) strategies, such as herbicide application. However, the overuse and misuse of herbicides, coupled with the lack of novel active ingredients, has resulted in the uptrend of herbicide-resistant weeds globally. Moreover, weedy traits that contribute to weed seed bank persistence further exacerbate the challenges in weed management. Despite ongoing efforts in identifying and improving current weed management processes, the pressing need for novel control techniques in agricultural weed management should not be overlooked. The advent of CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing systems, coupled with the recent advances in “omics” and cheaper sequencing technologies, has brought into focus the potential of managing weeds in farmlands through direct genetic control approaches, but could be achieved stably or transiently. These approaches encompass a range of technologies that could potentially manipulate expression of key genes in weeds to reduce its fitness and competitiveness, or, by altering the crop to improve its competitiveness or herbicide tolerance. The push for reducing or circumventing the use of chemicals in farmlands has provided an added incentive to develop practical and feasible molecular approaches for weed management, although there are significant technical, practical, and regulatory challenges for utilizing these prospective molecular technologies in weed management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7607a717086b44b499c07c1244d6aa9a2022-12-22T01:54:40ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2022-04-011310.3389/fpls.2022.887723887723Biotechnological Road Map for Innovative Weed ManagementAlbert Chern Sun Wong0Karen Massel1Yasmine Lam2Jessica Hintzsche3Bhagirath Singh Chauhan4Bhagirath Singh Chauhan5Centre for Crop Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaCentre for Crop Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaCentre for Crop Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaCentre for Crop Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaCentre for Crop Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, AustraliaSchool of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, AustraliaIn most agriculture farmlands, weed management is predominantly reliant on integrated weed management (IWM) strategies, such as herbicide application. However, the overuse and misuse of herbicides, coupled with the lack of novel active ingredients, has resulted in the uptrend of herbicide-resistant weeds globally. Moreover, weedy traits that contribute to weed seed bank persistence further exacerbate the challenges in weed management. Despite ongoing efforts in identifying and improving current weed management processes, the pressing need for novel control techniques in agricultural weed management should not be overlooked. The advent of CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing systems, coupled with the recent advances in “omics” and cheaper sequencing technologies, has brought into focus the potential of managing weeds in farmlands through direct genetic control approaches, but could be achieved stably or transiently. These approaches encompass a range of technologies that could potentially manipulate expression of key genes in weeds to reduce its fitness and competitiveness, or, by altering the crop to improve its competitiveness or herbicide tolerance. The push for reducing or circumventing the use of chemicals in farmlands has provided an added incentive to develop practical and feasible molecular approaches for weed management, although there are significant technical, practical, and regulatory challenges for utilizing these prospective molecular technologies in weed management.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.887723/fullweedCRISPRgenomicsbiotechnologyherbicidetransient |
| spellingShingle | Albert Chern Sun Wong Karen Massel Yasmine Lam Jessica Hintzsche Bhagirath Singh Chauhan Bhagirath Singh Chauhan Biotechnological Road Map for Innovative Weed Management Frontiers in Plant Science weed CRISPR genomics biotechnology herbicide transient |
| title | Biotechnological Road Map for Innovative Weed Management |
| title_full | Biotechnological Road Map for Innovative Weed Management |
| title_fullStr | Biotechnological Road Map for Innovative Weed Management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biotechnological Road Map for Innovative Weed Management |
| title_short | Biotechnological Road Map for Innovative Weed Management |
| title_sort | biotechnological road map for innovative weed management |
| topic | weed CRISPR genomics biotechnology herbicide transient |
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