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Genetically Engineered Crops: Importance of Diversified Integrated Pest Management for Agricultural Sustainability
As the global population continues to expand, utilizing an integrated approach to pest management will be critically important for food security, agricultural sustainability, and environmental protection. Genetically engineered (GE) crops that provide protection against insects and diseases, or tole...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6391707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30842944 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00024 |
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author | Anderson, Jennifer. A. Ellsworth, Peter C. Faria, Josias C. Head, Graham P. Owen, Micheal D. K. Pilcher, Clinton D. Shelton, Anthony M. Meissle, Michael |
author_facet | Anderson, Jennifer. A. Ellsworth, Peter C. Faria, Josias C. Head, Graham P. Owen, Micheal D. K. Pilcher, Clinton D. Shelton, Anthony M. Meissle, Michael |
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description | As the global population continues to expand, utilizing an integrated approach to pest management will be critically important for food security, agricultural sustainability, and environmental protection. Genetically engineered (GE) crops that provide protection against insects and diseases, or tolerance to herbicides are important tools that complement a diversified integrated pest management (IPM) plan. However, despite the advantages that GE crops may bring for simplifying the approach and improving efficiency of pest and weed control, there are also challenges for successful implementation and sustainable use. This paper considers how several GE traits, including those that confer protection against insects by expression of proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), traits that confer tolerance to herbicides, and RNAi-based traits that confer resistance to viral pathogens, can be key elements of a diversified IPM plan for several different crops in both developed and developing countries. Additionally, we highlight the importance of community engagement and extension, strong partnership between industry, regulators and farmers, and education and training programs, for achieving long-term success. By leveraging the experiences gained with these GE crops, understanding the limitations of the technology, and considering the successes and failures of GE traits in IPM plans for different crops and regions, we can improve the sustainability and versatility of IPM plans that incorporate these and future technologies. |
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spelling | pubmed-63917072019-03-06 Genetically Engineered Crops: Importance of Diversified Integrated Pest Management for Agricultural Sustainability Anderson, Jennifer. A. Ellsworth, Peter C. Faria, Josias C. Head, Graham P. Owen, Micheal D. K. Pilcher, Clinton D. Shelton, Anthony M. Meissle, Michael Front Bioeng Biotechnol Bioengineering and Biotechnology As the global population continues to expand, utilizing an integrated approach to pest management will be critically important for food security, agricultural sustainability, and environmental protection. Genetically engineered (GE) crops that provide protection against insects and diseases, or tolerance to herbicides are important tools that complement a diversified integrated pest management (IPM) plan. However, despite the advantages that GE crops may bring for simplifying the approach and improving efficiency of pest and weed control, there are also challenges for successful implementation and sustainable use. This paper considers how several GE traits, including those that confer protection against insects by expression of proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), traits that confer tolerance to herbicides, and RNAi-based traits that confer resistance to viral pathogens, can be key elements of a diversified IPM plan for several different crops in both developed and developing countries. Additionally, we highlight the importance of community engagement and extension, strong partnership between industry, regulators and farmers, and education and training programs, for achieving long-term success. By leveraging the experiences gained with these GE crops, understanding the limitations of the technology, and considering the successes and failures of GE traits in IPM plans for different crops and regions, we can improve the sustainability and versatility of IPM plans that incorporate these and future technologies. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6391707/ /pubmed/30842944 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00024 Text en Copyright © 2019 Anderson, Ellsworth, Faria, Head, Owen, Pilcher, Shelton and Meissle. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Bioengineering and Biotechnology Anderson, Jennifer. A. Ellsworth, Peter C. Faria, Josias C. Head, Graham P. Owen, Micheal D. K. Pilcher, Clinton D. Shelton, Anthony M. Meissle, Michael Genetically Engineered Crops: Importance of Diversified Integrated Pest Management for Agricultural Sustainability |
title | Genetically Engineered Crops: Importance of Diversified Integrated Pest Management for Agricultural Sustainability |
title_full | Genetically Engineered Crops: Importance of Diversified Integrated Pest Management for Agricultural Sustainability |
title_fullStr | Genetically Engineered Crops: Importance of Diversified Integrated Pest Management for Agricultural Sustainability |
title_full_unstemmed | Genetically Engineered Crops: Importance of Diversified Integrated Pest Management for Agricultural Sustainability |
title_short | Genetically Engineered Crops: Importance of Diversified Integrated Pest Management for Agricultural Sustainability |
title_sort | genetically engineered crops: importance of diversified integrated pest management for agricultural sustainability |
topic | Bioengineering and Biotechnology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6391707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30842944 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00024 |
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