Crops responses to mite infestation: it's time to look at plant tolerance to meet the farmers' needs
dc.contributor.author | Sperotto, Raul Antonio | pt_BR |
dc.contributor.author | Buffon, Giseli | pt_BR |
dc.contributor.author | Schwambach, Joseli | pt_BR |
dc.contributor.author | Ricachenevsky, Felipe Klein | pt_BR |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-10T04:31:38Z | pt_BR |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | pt_BR |
dc.identifier.issn | 1664-462x | pt_BR |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10183/225405 | pt_BR |
dc.description.abstract | It is common to see crop farmers struggling to solve herbivore infestations. Normally, worry starts when herbivore population increases and leaf damage is apparent. Whatever the treatment chosen by the farmer (chemical or biological) to control it, yield and productivity are the final and most important characteristics they would like to see unaffected by herbivory. Certainly, farmers would be less interested in percentage of leaf damage or mite population increase, which are useful but limited approximations of tolerance, than maintenance of crop production even under infested conditions. If a crop can stand infestation and/or larger mite populations while still producing the same seed set, the crop is, from a farmer standpoint, tolerant. On the other hand, academic studies on the field of plant-herbivore interaction are still based on resistance mechanisms in vegetative tissues and herbivore performance, rather than the plant reproductive success. We should be aware that genetic breeding for tolerance should focus on comparing seed production when dealing with most crops, not indirect measures such as leaf damage or mite population dynamics. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | pt_BR |
dc.language.iso | eng | pt_BR |
dc.relation.ispartof | Frontiers in Plant Science. Lausanne. Vol. 9 (Apr. 2018), artigo 556, p. 1-5 | pt_BR |
dc.rights | Open Access | en |
dc.subject | Herbivore performance | en |
dc.subject | Antibiose | pt_BR |
dc.subject | Antixenosis | en |
dc.subject | Defesa vegetal | pt_BR |
dc.title | Crops responses to mite infestation: it's time to look at plant tolerance to meet the farmers' needs | pt_BR |
dc.type | Artigo de periódico | pt_BR |
dc.identifier.nrb | 001128881 | pt_BR |
dc.type.origin | Estrangeiro | pt_BR |
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