Crop biotic stress is the harm caused to crop plants by living organisms, including pests, pathogens, and weeds such as insects, fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, and competing plants. Unlike abiotic stresses caused by environmental factors such as drought or salinity, biotic stress results from interactions with…
Crop biotic stress is the harm caused to crop plants by living organisms, including pests, pathogens, and weeds such as insects, fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, and competing plants. Unlike abiotic stresses caused by environmental factors such as drought or salinity, biotic stress results from interactions with other organisms that damage plant tissues, disrupt growth, and reduce yield and quality. Managing biotic stress is essential for crop production and food security, and approaches include the breeding and selection of resistant varieties, integrated pest and disease management, and the use of genetic and molecular tools to understand and strengthen plant defences. Plant responses to biotic stress involve complex signalling and defence pathways that researchers seek to characterise and harness. This page gathers reference material and peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to crop biotic stress within the scope of Plant Genetics and Crop Research, which publishes work on crop genetics, germplasm characterisation, diversity, and improvement. The encyclopedic overview here outlines what biotic stress is, the organisms that cause it, its impact on crops, and the genetic and management strategies used to mitigate it, situating biotic stress within the broader effort to understand and improve crop resilience and productivity through genetics and agronomy.
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