The relative efficiencies of Latin square and randomized complete block designs for insect trapping experiments: An investigation using field data on tsetse flies
Publication Type
Journal Article
Journal Name
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Publication Date
4-5-2014
Abstract
To reduce the need for seasonal inputs, crop protection will have to be delivered via the seed and other planting material. Plant secondary metabolism can be harnessed for this purpose by new breeding technologies, genetic modification and companion cropping, the latter already on-farm in sub-Saharan Africa. Secondary metabolites offer the prospect of pest management as robust as that provided by current pesticides, for which many lead compounds were, or are currently deployed as, natural products. Evidence of success and promise is given for pest management in industrial and developing agriculture. Additionally, opportunities for solving wider problems of sustainable crop protection, and also production, are discussed. © 2014 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Breeding, Crop protection, Genetic modification, Pest management, Push-pull technology, Sustainability
PubMed ID
24535389
Recommended Citation
Pickett, J., Aradottír, G., Birkett, M., Bruce, T., Hooper, A., Midega, C., Jones, H., Matthes, M., Napier, J., Pittchar, J., Smart, L., Woodcock, C., & Khan, Z. (2014). The relative efficiencies of Latin square and randomized complete block designs for insect trapping experiments: An investigation using field data on tsetse flies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369 (1639) https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0281