Transgenic crops and beyond: how can biotechnology contribute to the sustainable control of plant diseases?: Biotechnology for plant disease control: GMOs and beyond

David B. Collinge*

*Corresponding author for this work
4 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Disease resistance is without argument the best technological approach to control diseases in plants since no management input is required by the grower once the resistant variety has been planted. The biggest problems in using disease resistance lie in the facts that effective sources of resistance are not available for many important diseases, especially those caused by necrotrophic pathogens; and that pathogen populations adapt to the utilisation of novel sources of resistance, most notably for air-borne biotrophic pathogens. Several biotechnological approaches have been developed to produce disease resistant plants, the most recent known as NBT – New Breeding Technologies. This review focuses on recent advances in those technologies which adapt the knowledge obtained using molecular genetic approaches for the study of plant-microbe interactions to combat plant diseases.

Original languageEnglish
JournalEuropean Journal of Plant Pathology
Volume152
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)977-986
Number of pages10
ISSN0929-1873
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Dec 2018

Keywords

  • Cisgenic
  • CRISPR-Cas
  • Disease resistance
  • Gene editing
  • GMO
  • HIGS
  • Marker-assisted selection
  • New breeding technologies

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