Potential of Biotechnology for Protecting Crops and Decreasing Yield Losses

The study deals with problems of crop losses caused by pathogens, pests, and weeds and the global environmental problem of accumulation of protective chemicals in the biosphere. The author discusses potentials of biotechnology for plant protection and for decreasing the use of xenobiotics by replaci...

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Main Author: Tatiana G. Volova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Siberian Federal University 2017-06-01
Series:Журнал Сибирского федерального университета: Серия Биология
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Online Access:http://elib.sfu-kras.ru/bitstream/2311/33367/1/03_Volova.pdf
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Summary:The study deals with problems of crop losses caused by pathogens, pests, and weeds and the global environmental problem of accumulation of protective chemicals in the biosphere. The author discusses potentials of biotechnology for plant protection and for decreasing the use of xenobiotics by replacing them with biofertilizers and biopesticides. Special attention is paid to the recent lines of research aimed at development and use of new-generation targeted and slow-release biotechnological preparations embedded in degradable matrix of microbial plastics – polyhydroxyalkanoates
ISSN:1997-1389
2313-5530