Abstract
A large number of plant diseases and damages are caused by insects and insect vectors of plant pathogens, leading to the serious threats facing plant protection and food security. The access to safe and nutritiously high-quality food is essential for human growth and development. This translates to a well-developed society with systematically organized efforts for maintenance and increased food production or supply to meet the continuous growing demand. The effects of environmental, biological, chemical, political and socioeconomic factors have all contributed to the present nature of food dynamics, its availability, supply and security. Hence, the development of safe bio-based substances should be prioritized for precise and effective use in plant protection strategies. This review examines the sequential results of the insecticidal potentials of unmodified short single-stranded DNA fragments used as DNA insecticides, and emerging tool for safe plant protection strategy.
Highlights
The outright challenge of the constant flow of a nutritionally balanced diet available for a given population to aid growth, socioeconomic development and productivity at large, calls for a continuous exigent integration of all sectors of research, this coalition will make certain food security at the optimum level.The increasing demand for safe and quality food is directly proportional to the growing population of the world
Studies on modern insecticides termed DNA insecticides created from unmodified short single-stranded DNA oligonucleotides of inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) genes of baculoviruses are being considered as an emerging tool for plant protection and food security
This implies that DNA insecticides designed from specific baculovirus affect only its host insect, a characteristic nature of modern insecticides that are insect-specific and engineered for plant protection that will support food security strategies
Summary
The outright challenge of the constant flow of a nutritionally balanced diet available for a given population to aid growth, socioeconomic development and productivity at large, calls for a continuous exigent integration of all sectors of research, this coalition will make certain food security at the optimum level. The increasing demand for safe and quality food is directly proportional to the growing population of the world. Today we have enough food to meet the world’s needs. We have an extraordinary global food system that brings food from all over the planet, with some countries leading better than others (Fig. 1) for consumers who can afford to buy it [1]. A significant amount of the human population still.
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