title: Delivering sustainable crop protection systems via the seed: exploiting natural constitutive and inducible defence pathways.
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.
authors.affiliation: Rothamsted Research, , Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pickett
authors.forename: Gudbjorg I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Aradottír
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Birkett
authors.forename: Toby J A
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.forename: Antony M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hooper
authors.forename: Charles A O
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Midega
authors.forename: Huw D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Michaela C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Matthes
authors.forename: Johnathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Napier
authors.forename: Jimmy O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Pittchar
authors.forename: Lesley E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Smart
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Woodcock
authors.forename: Zeyaur R
authors.initials: ZR
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000737:chemistry; D001947:Breeding / Q000379:methods*; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D010675:Pheromones / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000235:genetics*; D011158:Population Growth; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D010675:Pheromones
keywords: breeding; crop protection; genetic modification; pest management; push–pull technology; sustainability