Title: The Bioherbicide Approach to Weed Control Using Plant Pathogens
Abstract: Weeds cause severe economic impacts in agriculture and threaten our global food supply. These risks are primarily mitigated with herbicide applications. Unfortunately, improper herbicide use causes harm to the environment and people. Consumers no longer tolerate these risks and are urging governments to adopt new reduced-risk herbicide strategies. Bioherbicides are weed-control products derived from living organisms to suppress weed populations and comprise part of this reduced-risk strategy. Benefits of bioherbicides include short-lived environmental fate, multiple modes of action reducing the risk of herbicide resistance, and low toxicity. This chapter explains the process of discovering and developing naturally occurring microorganisms for commercialization as bioherbicides and outlines the current status of bioherbicides registered worldwide. As experience in developing bioherbicides grows, more products emerge in the marketplace, facilitating their adoption and fuelling cyclical development, thus creating a pathway for bioherbicides to become mainstream products in the future.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-09-06
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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