ReviewInsects2016
Biological Control beneath the Feet: A Review of Crop Protection against Insect Root Herbivores.
Review in Insects, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
- Optimized Field Collection and Gut Dissection Workflows for Microbiome Studies of the Citrus Root Weevil,Bio-protocol · 2026Article
- Like night and day: a review of nocturnal predator communities and predation in annual row crop agroecosystems.Annals of the Entomological Society of America · 2026Review
- Translocation of Insecticidal Bt Protein in Transgrafted Plants.Biotech (Basel (Switzerland)) · 2025Article
- Biocontrol potential of naturally occurring entomopathogens against Maladera formosae in corn-soybean rotated systems.Pest management science · 2025Article
- Root inoculation with soil-borne microorganisms alters gut bacterial communities and performance of the leaf-chewer Spodoptera exigua.Environmental microbiology reports · 2024Article
- Phytotoxicity and Phytotoxic Substances inToxins · 2023Article
- Positive Chemotaxis of the Entomopathogenic NematodeInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Composted Municipal Green Waste Infused with Biocontrol Agents to Control Plant Parasitic Nematodes-A Review.Microorganisms · 2021Review
- Effectiveness of the Entomopathogenic Fungal SpeciesJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Preventative Approach to Microbial Control ofInsects · 2020Article
- Biotechnological Potential ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2020Review
- Current Knowledge of the Entomopathogenic Fungal SpeciesInsects · 2019Review
- Modulating CRISPR gene drive activity through nucleocytoplasmic localization of Cas9 inFungal biology and biotechnology · 2019Article
- Improving the annotation of the Heterorhabditis bacteriophora genome.GigaScience · 2018Article
- Tuning CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Drives inG3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2018Article
- In-Field Habitat Management to Optimize Pest Control of Novel Soil Communities in Agroecosystems.Insects · 2017Review
- An Alternative Nested Reading Frame May Participate in the Stress-Dependent Expression of a Plant Gene.Frontiers in plant science · 2017Article
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6 authors.
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Abstract
Sustainable agriculture is certainly one of the most important challenges at present, considering both human population demography and evidence showing that crop productivity based on chemical control is plateauing. While the environmental and health threats of conventional agriculture are increasing, ecological research is offering promising solutions for crop protection against herbivore pests. While most research has focused on aboveground systems, several major crop pests are uniquely feeding on roots. We here aim at documenting the current and potential use of several biological control agents, including micro-organisms (viruses, bacteria, fungi, and nematodes) and invertebrates included among the macrofauna of soils (arthropods and annelids) that are used against root herbivores. In addition, we discuss the synergistic action of different bio-control agents when co-inoculated in soil and how the induction and priming of plant chemical defense could be synergized with the use of the bio-control agents described above to optimize root pest control. Finally, we highlight the gaps in the research for optimizing a more sustainable management of root pests.
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