Plant Defense Chemicals against Insect Pests
Insect pests cause significant global agricultural damage and lead to major financial and environmental costs. Crops contain intrinsic defenses to protect themselves from such pests, including a wide array of specialized secondary metabolite-based defense chemicals. These chemicals can be induced up...
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doaj-11381ce59eb04ca49905c80b61180e842021-04-02T14:36:55ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952020-08-01101156115610.3390/agronomy10081156Plant Defense Chemicals against Insect PestsJessica P. Yactayo-Chang0Hoang V. Tang1Jorrel Mendoza2Shawn A. Christensen3Anna K. Block4Chemistry Research Unit, Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville, FL 32608, USAChemistry Research Unit, Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville, FL 32608, USAChemistry Research Unit, Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville, FL 32608, USAChemistry Research Unit, Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville, FL 32608, USAChemistry Research Unit, Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Gainesville, FL 32608, USAInsect pests cause significant global agricultural damage and lead to major financial and environmental costs. Crops contain intrinsic defenses to protect themselves from such pests, including a wide array of specialized secondary metabolite-based defense chemicals. These chemicals can be induced upon attack (phytoalexins) or are constitutive (phytoanticipins), and can have a direct impact on the pests or be used indirectly to attract their natural enemies. They form part of a global arms race between the crops and their insect pests, with the insects developing methods of suppression, avoidance, detoxification, or even capture of their hosts defensive chemicals. Harnessing and optimizing the chemical defense capabilities of crops has the potential to aid in the continuing struggle to enhance or improve agricultural pest management. Such strategies include breeding for the restoration of defense chemicals from ancestral varieties, or cross-species transfer of defense metabolite production.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/8/1156engineeringherbivoremetabolitesphytoalexinphytoanticipinplant |
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Jessica P. Yactayo-Chang Hoang V. Tang Jorrel Mendoza Shawn A. Christensen Anna K. Block |
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Jessica P. Yactayo-Chang Hoang V. Tang Jorrel Mendoza Shawn A. Christensen Anna K. Block Plant Defense Chemicals against Insect Pests Agronomy engineering herbivore metabolites phytoalexin phytoanticipin plant |
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Jessica P. Yactayo-Chang Hoang V. Tang Jorrel Mendoza Shawn A. Christensen Anna K. Block |
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Plant Defense Chemicals against Insect Pests |
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Plant Defense Chemicals against Insect Pests |
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Plant Defense Chemicals against Insect Pests |
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plant defense chemicals against insect pests |
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Insect pests cause significant global agricultural damage and lead to major financial and environmental costs. Crops contain intrinsic defenses to protect themselves from such pests, including a wide array of specialized secondary metabolite-based defense chemicals. These chemicals can be induced upon attack (phytoalexins) or are constitutive (phytoanticipins), and can have a direct impact on the pests or be used indirectly to attract their natural enemies. They form part of a global arms race between the crops and their insect pests, with the insects developing methods of suppression, avoidance, detoxification, or even capture of their hosts defensive chemicals. Harnessing and optimizing the chemical defense capabilities of crops has the potential to aid in the continuing struggle to enhance or improve agricultural pest management. Such strategies include breeding for the restoration of defense chemicals from ancestral varieties, or cross-species transfer of defense metabolite production. |
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engineering herbivore metabolites phytoalexin phytoanticipin plant |
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