Modern Advances to Combat Plant Viruses and Their Vectors

Crops are the major source of food and fulfill the nutritional needs of the human population around the globe. Viral disease pandemics menace the crop yield and threaten global food security. For their transmission, most of the viruses rely on vectors such as insects. For that purpose, various transmission pathways must be deciphered to cease the unwanted viral outbreak. Furthermore, the host-virus-environment interactions can play a promising role in construing the dynamics of viral infestation. Transgenesis and targeted mutagenesis can be employed to counter viruses and vectors. Notably, novel virus detection and management strategies confer rapid, precise, and cost-effective alternatives to conventional practices that are deemed to be labor-intensive and expensive.