{"id":30945,"date":"2023-03-14T10:24:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T10:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=30945"},"modified":"2023-03-14T10:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T10:24:43","slug":"agriculture-needs-a-fresh-approach-in-tackling-biopesticide-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/agriculture-needs-a-fresh-approach-in-tackling-biopesticide-resistance\/30945\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture needs a fresh approach in tackling biopesticide resistance, experts warn"},"content":{"rendered":"
Due to biopesticide resistance, a research team from the University of Stirling has insisted that a new way to manage resistance risks is needed.<\/p>\n
Agriculture\u2019s response to this resistance has been to seek new pesticides in an endless race to keep up with evolving pests for more than 70 years. However, the researchers recommend that farmers should switch to biopesticides derived from natural organisms in order to embrace the new green revolution in agriculture.<\/p>\n
Environmentally sustainable insect pest control products, such as microbial biopesticides, are increasingly replacing chemical pesticides for crop protection. In their paper, the researchers stated: \u201cBy encouraging landscape-wide crop heterogeneity and diversifying the biopesticides available to farmers, we can exploit GEIs to minimise resistance risks and preserve biopesticide efficacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis approach requires agricultural stakeholders to prioritise diversity and efficiency, both within agricultural landscapes and the biocontrol marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n
The biopesticide resistance research, \u2018Increasing ecological heterogeneity can constrain biopesticide resistance evolution<\/a>,\u2019 is published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution<\/em>.<\/p>\n The evolution of resistance to biopesticides \u2013 a crucial tool in developing sustainable crop protection<\/a> \u2013 has enormous implications for food security worldwide as the global population grows.<\/p>\n In a bid to address this emerging challenge, researchers have deployed principles from fundamental evolutionary ecological science and proposed a practical framework for managing the risks of biopesticide resistance evolution.<\/p>\n They suggested that farmers can help manage biopesticide resistance risks by planting a wider variety of crops and using multiple biopesticides.<\/p>\nThe impact of biopesticide resistance on food security<\/h3>\n