- Title
- Achievements, developments and future challenges in the field of bioherbicides for weed control : a global review
- Creator
- Roberts, Jason; Florentine, Singarayer; Fernando, Wannakuwattewaduge; Tennakoon, Kushan
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/189995
- Identifier
- vital:17536
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11172242
- Identifier
- ISSN:2223-7747 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- The intrusion of weeds into fertile areas has resulted in significant global economic and environmental impacts on agricultural production systems and native ecosystems, hence without ongoing and repeated management actions, the maintenance or restoration of these systems will become increasingly challenging. The establishment of herbicide resistance in many species and unwanted pollution caused by synthetic herbicides has ushered in the need for alternative, eco-friendly sustainable management strategies, such as the use of bioherbicides. Of the array of bioherbicides currently available, the most successful products appear to be sourced from fungi (mycoherbicides), with at least 16 products being developed for commercial use globally. Over the last few decades, bioherbicides sourced from bacteria and plant extracts (such as allelochemicals and essential oils), together with viruses, have also shown marked success in controlling various weeds. Despite this encouraging trend, ongoing research is still required for these compounds to be economically viable and successful in the long term. It is apparent that more focused research is required for (i) the improvement of the commercialisation processes, including the cost-effectiveness and scale of production of these materials; (ii) the discovery of new production sources, such as bacteria, fungi, plants or viruses and (iii) the understanding of the environmental influence on the efficacy of these compounds, such as atmospheric CO2, humidity, soil water stress, temperature and UV radiation. © 2022 by the authors.
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Relation
- Plants Vol. 11, no. 17 (2022), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2022 by the authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences; 31 Biological sciences; agriculture; herbicides; land management; mycoherbicides; sustainability
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- This research was partly funded by the Biodiversity, People and the Changing Environment multidisciplinary research group, with funding allocated through the School of Science, Psychology and Sport of Federation University, Australia.
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