Plant Glandular Trichomes: The Natural Pesticide Factories
Kiranamaya Pradhan*
Dept. of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka (580 005), India
Ramesh M. Maradi
Dept. of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka (580 005), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Flavonoids, Glandular, Terpene, Trichome
Abstract
Indiscriminate use of synthetic pesticides has many bad implications on environment and human health. It also leads to development of pest resistance, so glandular trichomes can be used as an important first line of defense against herbivorous insects and pathogens. Glandular trichomes have the capacity to produce, store and secrete large amounts of different classes of secondary metabolites like terpenes, phenylpropenes, flavonoids, methyl ketones, acyl sugars and defensive proteins which are having the potency to act as natural pesticides. It is evident that via breeding or genetic engineering by using, trichome-specific promoters will develop a stronger grip on how to obtain the desired levels of biocides in a tissue-specific manner.
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