Review: Allelochemicals as multi-kingdom plant defence compounds: Towards an integrated approach

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Hickman, D. T., Rasmussen, A., Ritz, K., Birkett, M. A. and Neve, P. 2020. Review: Allelochemicals as multi-kingdom plant defence compounds: Towards an integrated approach. Pest Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6076

AuthorsHickman, D. T., Rasmussen, A., Ritz, K., Birkett, M. A. and Neve, P.
Abstract

The capability of synthetic pesticides to manage weeds, insect pests and pathogens in crops has diminished due to evolved resistance. Sustainable management thus becomes more challenging. Novel solutions are needed and, given the ubiquity of biologically active secondary metabolites in nature, such compounds require further exploration as leads for novel crop protection chemistry. Despite improving understanding of allelochemicals, particularly in terms of their potential for use in weed control, their interactions with multiple biotic kingdoms have to date largely been examined in individual compounds and not as a recurrent phenomenon. Here multi-kingdom effects in allelochemicals are introduced by defining effects on various organisms, before exploring current understanding of the inducibility and possible ecological roles of these compounds with regard to the evolutionary arms race and dose-response relationship. Allelochemicals with functional benefits in multiple aspects of plant defence are described. Gathering these isolated areas of science under the unified umbrella of multi-kingdom allelopathy encourages the development of naturally-derived chemistries conferring defence to multiple discrete biotic stresses simultaneously, maximising benefits in weed, insect and pathogen control, while potentially circumventing resistance.

KeywordsAllelopathy; Plant defence; Multi-kingdom; Secondary metabolites; Fitness
Year of Publication2020
JournalPest Management Science
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6076
Web address (URL)https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ps.6076
Open accessPublished as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
FunderBBSRC Industrial Strategy Challenge
Funder project or codeBBSRC Strategic Programme in Smart Crop Protection
Publisher's version
Copyright license
CC BY
Accepted author manuscript
Copyright license
CC BY
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online09 Sep 2020
Publication process dates
Accepted05 Sep 2020
PublisherWiley
ISSN1526-498X

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