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ReviewCrop health2023

Beyond 'push-pull': unraveling the ecological pleiotropy of plant volatile organic compounds for sustainable crop pest management.

Asim Munawar, Zengrong Zhu, Ricardo A R Machado, Wenwu Zhou

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Review in Crop health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Volatile organic compounds inHorticulture research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Asim MunawarMinistry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Zengrong ZhuMinistry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Ricardo A R MachadoExperimental Biology Research Group, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel, 2000, Neuchatel, Switzerland. ricardo.machado@unine.ch.
Wenwu ZhouMinistry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. wenwuzhou@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0727-8086

Funding

Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province 2019C04007National Nature Science Foundation of China 32072432National Nature Science Foundation of China 32272636
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants produce an array of different volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that have diverse eco-physiological functions and agricultural applications. Hence, the potential of VOCs as a natural and eco-friendly solution to increase crop productivity has garnered substantial attention. In particular, VOC-based pest management measures, such as Push-Pull, have been widely investigated in different cropping systems. However, our understanding of how the release and use of these VOCs impact agro-ecosystems beyond the targeted effects is still very limited. Therefore, studying the functions of plant VOCs from the perspective of pleiotropy may offer insights into optimizing and improving the effectiveness of VOC-based agronomic practices. Here, we discuss the current literature on the pleiotropic functions of plant VOCs, illustrate the underlying mechanism for their production and propose a systematic perspective for the usage of plant VOCs to enhance the sustainable management of crop health.

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Crop protectionPlant defensePlant volatile organic compoundsPleiotropySustainable agriculture

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PMID41652792
PMCPMC12825943

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