Crop losses to pests

By Erich-Christian Oerke. Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2005

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Subfields: Molecular Biology, Plant Science

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In Molecular Biology

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2. M. Meissle
3. Helen E. Roy
4. M. Goettel
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Citations in the corpus

• Current and Prospective Methods for Plant Disease Detection (2015, background): “On average, pathogen-induced losses of maize, barley, rice and soybean are estimated to be around 12%, groundnuts and potatoes are estimated to be around 24% and wheat and cotton are estimated to be around 50% and 80%, respectively [8].”
• Pests, pesticide use and alternative options in European maize production: current status and future prospects (2009, background): “Yield and quality of maize (as for other crops) are at risk by animal pests, weeds and pathogens (Oerke 2006).”
• Black, Grey and Watch Lists of alien species in the Czech Republic based on environmental impacts and management strategy (2016, background): “yield (Oerke 2006) or by endangering human health (Reinhardt 2003, Salo et al.”
• The Hidden and External Costs of Pesticide Use (2016, background): “Pesticide sales increased by a factor of 20–30 between the 1960s and 1990s (Oerke 2006 ).”
• The importance of plant health to food security (2010, background): “However, despite advances in breeding and improved crop protection practices, Oerke (2006) reported actual losses of 29% in wheat (with variations in regions from 14 to 40%), 40% losses in potatoes (with variation between regions of 24 to 59”
• Crop losses and the economic impact of insect pests on Brazilian agriculture (2014, background): “…a 10.1% loss for eight major crops - rice, wheat, maize, barley, potatoes, soybeans, cotton and sugar beet - due to pests, and more recently, Oerke (2006) estimated worldwide losses between 7.9% and 15.1% for wheat, rice, maize, potato, soybean, and cotton, even with effective control…”
• Comparing impacts of plant extracts and pure allelochemicals and implications for pest control. (2009, background): “Among the pests, weeds alone are held responsible for nearly 34% reduction in crop yield [214].”
• Raising Crop Productivity in Africa through Intensification (2017, background): “Crop yield losses due to insects are estimated between 30% and 60% in Africa [46].”
• Applications of Nanotechnology in Plant Growth and Crop Protection: A Review (2019, background): “Crop productivity is also largely influenced by biotic factors including pests and diseases [122].”
• Tomato seeds preferably transmit plant beneficial endophytes (2018, background): “Soilborne pathogens, e.g., Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, and Verticillium, are one of the major factors that significantly limit crop yields (Oerke 2006).”