@article{901db9e47032476bb1bd036886e8bc9a,
title = "Deciphering Plant-Insect-Microorganism Signals for Sustainable Crop Production",
abstract = "Agricultural crop productivity relies on the application of chemical pesticides to reduce pest and pathogen damage. However, chemical pesticides also pose a range of ecological, environmental and economic penalties. This includes the development of pesticide resistance by insect pests and pathogens, rendering pesticides less effective. Alternative sustainable crop protection tools should therefore be considered. Semiochemicals are signalling molecules produced by organisms, including plants, microbes, and animals, which cause behavioural or developmental changes in receiving organisms. Manipulating semiochemicals could provide a more sustainable approach to the management of insect pests and pathogens across crops. Here, we review the role of semiochemicals in the interaction between plants, insects and microbes, including examples of how they have been applied to agricultural systems. We highlight future research priorities to be considered for semiochemicals to be credible alternatives to the application of chemical pesticides.",
keywords = "chemical ecology, microbes, insects, plants, biocontrol, pheromones, kairomones, volatile organic compounds, semiochemicals",
author = "Gareth Thomas and Quint Rusman and Morrison, {William R.} and Magalh{\~a}es, {Diego M.} and Dowell, {Jordan A.} and Esther Ngumbi and Jonathan Osei-Owusu and Jessica Kansman and Alexander Gaffke and {Pagadala Damodaram}, {Kamala Jayanthi} and Kim, {Seong Jong} and Nurhayat Tabanca",
note = "Funding Information: Rothamsted Research receives strategic funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the United Kingdom. We acknowledge support from the Growing Health (BB/X010953/1) Institute Strategic Programme (G.T.). The work by W.R.M.III was funded, in part, by a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Crop Protection and Pest Management Grant (#2020-70006-33000) and USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) through Congress-appropriated funds. D.M.M. was supported by the National Institute of Science and Technology of Semiochemicals in Agriculture (INCT) and FAPESP (#2019/24492-6). J.A.D. was supported in part by NSF IOS 2020754 and USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded to J.A.D. [USDA NIIFA 2022-67012-37481]. E.N. received funding from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. J.O.-O. was supported in part by the Royal Society-Leverhulme Trust Africa Award (AA110026). J.K. was supported by the United States Department of Agriculture/National Institute of Food and Agriculture USDA AFRI EWD Program #2021-08333. The work by A.G. has been funded through the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) (Project Number: 6036-22000-033-00D). K.J.P.D. was supported by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research through National Fellow Project. The work by S.K. has been funded through the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) (Project Number: 6060-32000-003-00D). The work by N.T. has been funded through the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) (Project Number: 6038-22000-007-00D). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 by the authors.",
year = "2023",
month = jun,
doi = "10.3390/biom13060997",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "13",
journal = "Biomolecules",
issn = "2218-273X",
publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",
number = "6",
}