Biological control: a global perspective

The changing agro-climatic conditions in India largely intensify the incidence of various insect pests and their associated losses. Pests, particularly insects, diseases, and weeds, are threatening the productivity of crops farmed for human consumption. In order to minimise their infestation, a wide...

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Published in:International journal of tropical insect science 2022-10, Vol.42 (5), p.3203-3220
Main Authors: Maurya, Ravi Prakash, Koranga, Radha, Samal, Ipsita, Chaudhary, Devyani, Paschapur, Amit Umesh, Sreedhar, M., Manimala, R. Naveena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological control
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Chemical control
Chemical pest control
Climatic conditions
CRISPR
Crops
Entomology
Genome editing
Genomes
Insect control
Insecticide resistance
Insects
Invasive plants
Life Sciences
Mini-Review
Pest control
Pest outbreaks
Pesticide resistance
Pesticides
Pests
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Summary:The changing agro-climatic conditions in India largely intensify the incidence of various insect pests and their associated losses. Pests, particularly insects, diseases, and weeds, are threatening the productivity of crops farmed for human consumption. In order to minimise their infestation, a wide range of pesticides are being used to save the crops. However, traditional insect control techniques, such as chemicals, are expensive, labor-intensive, and require repeated application. Their injudicious use over the years has resulted in problems like pest resurgence, secondary pest outbreaks, pesticide resistance, and environmental pollution, which have all deteriorated human health. Because of the disadvantages of traditional chemical control approaches, biological control of insect pests is increasingly being considered and applied as a safe and cost-effective solution to the invasive plant problem. In the modern era, new tools such as genome editing, including CRISPR-CAS technology for natural enemy native DNA modification, combined with other traditional approaches such as natural enemy importation and release, can improve the efficacy and durability of bio-control research and technology. The global perspective of biological control presents an overview of many approaches and new innovative technologies being developed in different parts of the world to manage insect pests at an acceptable level.
ISSN:1742-7592
1742-7584
1742-7592
DOI:10.1007/s42690-022-00881-9