Connecting academia and industry: Advancing the use of entomopathogenic nematodes to tackle emerging challenges and opportunities in modern agriculture DOI Creative Commons
Rosa María Blanca Herrera,

Ramon Georgis,

Diana K. Londoño

et al.

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 108350 - 108350

Published: May 1, 2025

The collaboration among academia, industry, and government is crucial for scientific progress innovation. Academia generates fundamental knowledge, which industry translates into sound applications, considering policies. This partnership vital to feed constant development address global challenges like climate change food security. Sustainable crop protection a topical theme, with efforts reduce pesticide reliance promote alternatives chemical pest management, it continues grow be accepted worldwide. In this respect, biopesticides such as entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) offer promising solution disease management an eco-friendly alternative. However, EPN continue face adoption barriers due regulatory, commercialization basic applied knowledge gaps. Thus, stronger collaborations are needed unlock their full potential, highlighted in the 2024 congress organized La Rioja (Spain) commemorate 100 years since discovery of first EPN. review examines gap between academia suggesting strategies bridge it, thereby promoting advancement 21st-century agriculture. Despite decades research demonstrating efficacy, remains limited by production, formulation, application challenges. Universities agencies have driven innovation through new EPN-bacteria partnerships regions world, helping us understand distribution habitant adaptations required registration establishing regulations. Research conducted both private sector (both big small start-up companies) has play key role characterization assessing performance subsequent product optimization, commercialization. These steps reach ultimate goal, provide growers reliable products that cost-effective sustainable. review, we summarize findings led EPN, spanning from symbiotic bacteria requirements registration. We also highlight critical gaps opportunities agencies, industry. Strengthening these will drive agriculture, them desirable biocontrol solution.

Language: Английский

Connecting academia and industry: Advancing the use of entomopathogenic nematodes to tackle emerging challenges and opportunities in modern agriculture DOI Creative Commons
Rosa María Blanca Herrera,

Ramon Georgis,

Diana K. Londoño

et al.

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 108350 - 108350

Published: May 1, 2025

The collaboration among academia, industry, and government is crucial for scientific progress innovation. Academia generates fundamental knowledge, which industry translates into sound applications, considering policies. This partnership vital to feed constant development address global challenges like climate change food security. Sustainable crop protection a topical theme, with efforts reduce pesticide reliance promote alternatives chemical pest management, it continues grow be accepted worldwide. In this respect, biopesticides such as entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) offer promising solution disease management an eco-friendly alternative. However, EPN continue face adoption barriers due regulatory, commercialization basic applied knowledge gaps. Thus, stronger collaborations are needed unlock their full potential, highlighted in the 2024 congress organized La Rioja (Spain) commemorate 100 years since discovery of first EPN. review examines gap between academia suggesting strategies bridge it, thereby promoting advancement 21st-century agriculture. Despite decades research demonstrating efficacy, remains limited by production, formulation, application challenges. Universities agencies have driven innovation through new EPN-bacteria partnerships regions world, helping us understand distribution habitant adaptations required registration establishing regulations. Research conducted both private sector (both big small start-up companies) has play key role characterization assessing performance subsequent product optimization, commercialization. These steps reach ultimate goal, provide growers reliable products that cost-effective sustainable. review, we summarize findings led EPN, spanning from symbiotic bacteria requirements registration. We also highlight critical gaps opportunities agencies, industry. Strengthening these will drive agriculture, them desirable biocontrol solution.

Language: Английский

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