FAILSAFE MECHANISMS FOR PREVENTING GENE FLOW AND ORGANISM DISPERSAL OF...
AbstractA science-based regulatory system is expected to have three key elements in requirements for enhanced biocontrol agents: no off-site dispersal, poor long-term environmental persistence, and...
View ArticleFUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. STRIGA, ATHLETES FOOT OR ACHILLES HEEL?
AbstractParasitic weeds are major contributors to hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity across sub-Saharan and northern Africa by reducing crop yields in half. Over 20 million hectares of cereal...
View ArticleAPPROACHES TO AND SUCCESSES IN DEVELOPING TRANSGENICALLY ENHANCED MYCOHERBICIDES
AbstractInundative mycoherbicides have not been successful in weed control in row crops, probably due to evolutionary barriers, and adding virulence factors was considered essential. Exogenous addition...
View ArticleGenetic load and transgenic mitigating genes in transgenic Brassica rapa...
AbstractBackgroundOne theoretical explanation for the relatively poor performance of Brassica rapa (weed) × Brassica napus (crop) transgenic hybrids suggests that hybridization imparts a negative...
View ArticleThe other, ignored HIV — highly invasive vegetation
AbstractThe greatest cost to the farmer in time and variable costs is control of weeds (Highly Invasive Vegetation = HIV). Despite farmer efforts, weeds still result in the greatest crop losses of all...
View ArticleStress, Mutators, Mutations and Stress Resistance
SummaryOrganisms need genetic mechanisms to rapidly adapt to changing, stressful environments. Having a high mutation frequency would have a drag on a population due to the deleterious nature of...
View ArticleBiotechnologies for Directly Generating Crops Resistant to Parasites
AbstractIt is necessary to control root parasitic weeds before or as they attach to the crop to prevent crop damage. Crop resistance to soil active herbicides or systemic target site herbicide...
View ArticleWeedy Orobanchaceae: The Problem
AbstractWhile only a relatively small number of parasitic Orobanchaceae are weedy and parasitise agricultural crops, the impact of these species on world agriculture and world economy is tremendous....
View ArticleChanging Host Specificities: By Mutational Changes or Epigenetic Reprogramming?
AbstractWeedy Orobanchaceae often change host specificity at a rapid rate. These changes and the equally fast reversions to the previous host specificity are hard to explain by Mendelian mutations. The...
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