Challenges facing European agriculture and possible biotechnological solutions

0445323 - BC 2017 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Ricroch, A. - Harwood, W. - Svobodová, Zdeňka - Sági, L. - Hundleby, P. - Badea, E. M. - Rosca, I. - Cruz, G. - Favereiro, M. P. S. - Rieira, V. M. - Jansson, S. - Morandini, P. - Bojinov, B. - Cetiner, S. - Custers, R. - Schrader, U. - Jacobsen, H.-J. - Martin-Laffon, J. - Boisron, A. - Kuntz, M.
Challenges facing European agriculture and possible biotechnological solutions.
Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. Roč. 36, č. 5 (2016), s. 875-883. ISSN 0738-8551. E-ISSN 1549-7801
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : automated literature analysis * biotic stress * breeding
Subject RIV: GC - Agronomy
Impact factor: 6.542, year: 2016
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/07388551.2015.1055707

We analyzed the major agricultural challenges identified by European farmers (primarily related to biotic stresses) in 13 countries for nine major crops. Most biotic stresses are related to fungi or insects, but viral diseases, bacterial diseases and even parasitic plants have an important impact on yield and harvest quality. We examined how these challenges have been addressed by public and private research sectors, using either conventional breeding, marker-assisted selection, transgenesis, cisgenesis, RNAi technology or mutagenesis. Both national surveys and scientific literature analysis followed by text mining were employed to evaluate genetic engineering (GE) and non-GE approaches. This study should also contribute to the decision-making process on future pertinent international consortia to fill the identified research gaps.
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