Biotechnology and Crop Disease Resistance in South Africa

Carstens, Maryke; Berger, Dave K.

doi:10.1002/9781118867716.ch16

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“…A second issue concerns ownership of technology and the role of multinational corporations in exploiting farmers in developing countries and communities. Indeed, when you look at the implementation of GM technology in South Africa (Carstens & Berger, 2016), one multinational company dominates, with two traits (herbicide tolerance and insect resistance) in three crops (cotton, maize, and soybean) that were not developed specifically for southern Africa.…”

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Transgenic approaches for plant disease control: Status and prospects 2021

Collinge

Sarrocco

2021

Plant Pathology

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Plant diseases are responsible for major crop losses and postharvest spoilage; though losses are difficult to calculate, educated estimates suggest they are responsible for 20% to 40% of losses from plough to plate for major crops (Oerke, 2006;Savary et al., 2019). Hypothetically, with current estimated population growth, we could solve the challenge of feeding the world by 2050 were we able to control all disease (Collinge et al., 2010). Plant disease can be managed primarily by farmer skill, pesticides, disease resistance, and biological control, in roughly that order of importance. Disease resistance is effective when it works because no specific input is required by the grower after sowing or planting. However, despite major effort by plant pathologists and breeders over a century, no effective disease-resistant cultivars are available for many diseases, and, for many important diseases, the pathogen overcomes natural

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Section: The Sociology Of Gm Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%