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Reducing Virus Associated Crop Loss Through Resistance to Insect Vectors

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Natural Resistance Mechanisms of Plants to Viruses

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The development of sustainable, environmentally-benign methods of crop protection is an important priority in agricultural research. A variety of insects attack crops, causing damage and reducing yields and crop quality. Insects cause crop loss directly through feeding on leaves, flowers, fruit or seed. A subset of insects damages crops indirectly, through transmission of plant viruses, resulting in reduced yield and crop quality. Breeding for disease resistance has been an important strategy for protection of crops against fungal, bacterial or viral diseases; however, resistances have not yet been identified or transferred for many major diseases. Although integrated pest management (IPM) strategies have been implemented with noted success, insect control has more often relied on the use of pesticides, leading to the evolution of pesticide-resistant insects and to increasing health and environmental concerns. The development of pest resistant plants is an attractive alternative strategy for the control of insects and the direct damage they cause. For a target pest that is also the vector of a plant pathogenic virus, the question arises as to whether an effective insect resistance could also serve as a component in an integrated control strategy for insect vectored viruses.

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Mutschler, M.A., Wintermantel, W.M. (2006). Reducing Virus Associated Crop Loss Through Resistance to Insect Vectors. In: Loebenstein, G., Carr, J.P. (eds) Natural Resistance Mechanisms of Plants to Viruses. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3780-5_11

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