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species, have been partly responsible for this, as have demands by consumers, translated through the food supply chain to large commercial
retail outlets, commodity organizations, and regulatory agencies, for pesticide free, organic, and “green” products. Still, the reality is that feeding a
world population expected to top 9 billion by 2050 will require the use of
chemical pesticides as a primary tool in combatting pests in the feld and
in stored products, as well as for public health, for years to come. It may, in
fact, increase use of pesticides as emerging economies of China, India, Brazil,
and other nations expand agricultural production. But the options for pest
control have expanded, also illustrated by biopesticides, and advances in the
felds such as genetics, biotechnology, sustainability, and more targeted pesticide application technology. These factors may in the long run reduce the
need for chemical pest management tools to a fraction of that used presently.
Other transformative research opportunities that will require mathematical and physical science research efforts to improve the sustainability of agriculture include (NSF Advisory Committee, 2014)
• ensuring a sustainable water supply for agriculture,
• closing the loop for nutrient life cycles,
• crop protection as noted in this manuscript,
• innovations to prevent waste of food and energy,
• sensors for food security and safety, and
• maximizing biomass conversion to fuels, chemicals, food, and biomaterials (see Chapter 13, Section 13.1, NEXUS APPROACH)
This chapter was reproduced and adapted with permission from Seiber, J.N.,
Coats, J., Duke, S.O., and Gross, A.D. (2018). Pest management with biopesticides. Front. Agri. Sci. Eng., Vol. 5, Issue 3, pp 295–300. © The Author(s) 2018.
Published by Higher Education Press. This is an open access article under the
CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0).
References
Bomgardner. (2017). CRISPR: A new toolbox for better crops. Chem. Eng. News.
California Department of Pesticide Regulation. (2017). Pesticide use reporting, annual
2017. 95(24), 30–34. https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pur/pur17rep/17_pur.htm
(Accessed 2/3/21).
Cantrell, C.L., Dayan, F.E., and Duke, S.O. (2012). Natural products as sources for new
pesticides. J. Nat. Prod. 75, 1231–1242.
Chang, C.L., Cho, I.K., and Li, Q.X. 2009. Insecticidal activity of basil oil, trans-anethole, estragole, and linalool to adult fruit fies of Ceratitis capitata, Bactrocera
dorsalis, and Bactrocera cucurbitae. J. Economic Entomol. 102(1): 203–209.
Pesticides, Organic Contaminants, and Pathogens in Air
species, have been partly responsible for this, as have demands by consumers, translated through the food supply chain to large commercial
retail outlets, commodity organizations, and regulatory agencies, for pesticide free, organic, and “green” products. Still, the reality is that feeding a
world population expected to top 9 billion by 2050 will require the use of
chemical pesticides as a primary tool in combatting pests in the feld and
in stored products, as well as for public health, for years to come. It may, in
fact, increase use of pesticides as emerging economies of China, India, Brazil,
and other nations expand agricultural production. But the options for pest
control have expanded, also illustrated by biopesticides, and advances in the
felds such as genetics, biotechnology, sustainability, and more targeted pesticide application technology. These factors may in the long run reduce the
need for chemical pest management tools to a fraction of that used presently.
Other transformative research opportunities that will require mathematical and physical science research efforts to improve the sustainability of agriculture include (NSF Advisory Committee, 2014)
• ensuring a sustainable water supply for agriculture,
• closing the loop for nutrient life cycles,
• crop protection as noted in this manuscript,
• innovations to prevent waste of food and energy,
• sensors for food security and safety, and
• maximizing biomass conversion to fuels, chemicals, food, and biomaterials (see Chapter 13, Section 13.1, NEXUS APPROACH)
This chapter was reproduced and adapted with permission from Seiber, J.N.,
Coats, J., Duke, S.O., and Gross, A.D. (2018). Pest management with biopesticides. Front. Agri. Sci. Eng., Vol. 5, Issue 3, pp 295–300. © The Author(s) 2018.
Published by Higher Education Press. This is an open access article under the
CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0).
References
Bomgardner. (2017). CRISPR: A new toolbox for better crops. Chem. Eng. News.
California Department of Pesticide Regulation. (2017). Pesticide use reporting, annual
2017. 95(24), 30–34. https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pur/pur17rep/17_pur.htm
(Accessed 2/3/21).
Cantrell, C.L., Dayan, F.E., and Duke, S.O. (2012). Natural products as sources for new
pesticides. J. Nat. Prod. 75, 1231–1242.
Chang, C.L., Cho, I.K., and Li, Q.X. 2009. Insecticidal activity of basil oil, trans-anethole, estragole, and linalool to adult fruit fies of Ceratitis capitata, Bactrocera
dorsalis, and Bactrocera cucurbitae. J. Economic Entomol. 102(1): 203–209.