Bioherbicides: revolutionizing weed management for sustainable agriculture in the era of One-health

The main objective of agricultural weed management is to increase crop productivity to maintain a delicate balance between food demand and supply for an increasing population and ensure food security globally. Agriculture plays a significant role in the social life and economy of many developed or d...

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Main Authors: Taqi Raza, Muhammad Farhan Qadir, Shakeel Imran, Zobia Khatoon, Muhammad Yahya Khan, Mouna Mechri, Waleed Asghar, Muhmmad Ishaq Asif Rehmani, Sergio de los Santos Villalobos, Tooba Mumtaz, Rashid Iqbal
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Muhammad Farhan Qadir
Shakeel Imran
Zobia Khatoon
Muhammad Yahya Khan
Mouna Mechri
Waleed Asghar
Muhmmad Ishaq Asif Rehmani
Sergio de los Santos Villalobos
Tooba Mumtaz
Rashid Iqbal
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Shakeel Imran
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description The main objective of agricultural weed management is to increase crop productivity to maintain a delicate balance between food demand and supply for an increasing population and ensure food security globally. Agriculture plays a significant role in the social life and economy of many developed or developing countries. Blind use of chemical herbicides to maximize crop production exerts many negative environmental impacts and develops resistance among the weed biotypes against herbicides, even representing a high risk to the environment and human health. Thus, in the last few years, the research activities of scientists have increased to find alternative weed control methods. Bioherbicides or biological management of weeds is an emerging topic with decent potential for sustainable crop production. Biological management of weeds has numerous positive aspects and advantages over chemical control, such as being highly selective, specific toward targeted weeds, sustainable, and having minimize harmful effect on the main crop, environment, and humans. Several biological agents, such as bacteria, fungi and viruses, also plant extracts and essential oils, have been introduced, and their bioherbicidal potential has been explored in weed management. To develop an effective bioherbicide, specific and complex types of interaction have been developed between targeted weeds and biological agents. Whereas a limited number of bioherbicides have performed successfully under field conditions to control specific weeds, nonetheless, the efficiency of many other bioherbicidal agents is still inadequate due to many reasons, such as formulation, less persistence in the field as well as lack of host-agent interaction. This critical review paper discusses several different biological methods of weed management, their advantages and disadvantages, and the importance of bioherbicides as weed-controlling agents to achieve global sustainable crop production, in the era of One-health.
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spelling doaj-art-fe7a8c92cb954027801cff0ff5e15f8c2025-08-20T02:35:45ZengElsevierCurrent Research in Microbial Sciences2666-51742025-01-01810039410.1016/j.crmicr.2025.100394Bioherbicides: revolutionizing weed management for sustainable agriculture in the era of One-healthTaqi Raza0Muhammad Farhan Qadir1Shakeel Imran2Zobia Khatoon3Muhammad Yahya Khan4Mouna Mechri5Waleed Asghar6Muhmmad Ishaq Asif Rehmani7Sergio de los Santos Villalobos8Tooba Mumtaz9Rashid Iqbal10Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville USA; University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Sub-Campus Burewala, Vehari 61010, Pakistan; Corresponding author.College of Resources and Environment, Xinjiang Agricultural University, 311 Nongda East Road, Urumqi, 830052, Xinjiang, ChinaUniversity of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Sub-Campus Burewala, Vehari 61010, PakistanKey Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Urban Ecological Environment Rehabilitation and Pollution Control of Tianjin, Numerical Stimulation Group for Water Environment, College of Environmental Science and Engineering Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, ChinaUniversity of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Sub-Campus Burewala, Vehari 61010, PakistanNational Institute of Field Crops, Boussalem 8170, TunisiaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USAGhazi University, D.G. Khan, PakistanDepartamento de Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinaria, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, 5 de Febrero 818 sur, CP 85000, col. Centro, Cd. Obregón, Sonora, Mexico; Co-corresponding author.Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, 3800, PakistanDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan; Department of Life Sciences, Western Caspian University, Baku, AzerbaijanThe main objective of agricultural weed management is to increase crop productivity to maintain a delicate balance between food demand and supply for an increasing population and ensure food security globally. Agriculture plays a significant role in the social life and economy of many developed or developing countries. Blind use of chemical herbicides to maximize crop production exerts many negative environmental impacts and develops resistance among the weed biotypes against herbicides, even representing a high risk to the environment and human health. Thus, in the last few years, the research activities of scientists have increased to find alternative weed control methods. Bioherbicides or biological management of weeds is an emerging topic with decent potential for sustainable crop production. Biological management of weeds has numerous positive aspects and advantages over chemical control, such as being highly selective, specific toward targeted weeds, sustainable, and having minimize harmful effect on the main crop, environment, and humans. Several biological agents, such as bacteria, fungi and viruses, also plant extracts and essential oils, have been introduced, and their bioherbicidal potential has been explored in weed management. To develop an effective bioherbicide, specific and complex types of interaction have been developed between targeted weeds and biological agents. Whereas a limited number of bioherbicides have performed successfully under field conditions to control specific weeds, nonetheless, the efficiency of many other bioherbicidal agents is still inadequate due to many reasons, such as formulation, less persistence in the field as well as lack of host-agent interaction. This critical review paper discusses several different biological methods of weed management, their advantages and disadvantages, and the importance of bioherbicides as weed-controlling agents to achieve global sustainable crop production, in the era of One-health.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517425000562Weed managementBiological control agentSustainable agricultureFood security
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Muhammad Farhan Qadir
Shakeel Imran
Zobia Khatoon
Muhammad Yahya Khan
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Waleed Asghar
Muhmmad Ishaq Asif Rehmani
Sergio de los Santos Villalobos
Tooba Mumtaz
Rashid Iqbal
Bioherbicides: revolutionizing weed management for sustainable agriculture in the era of One-health
Current Research in Microbial Sciences
Weed management
Biological control agent
Sustainable agriculture
Food security
title Bioherbicides: revolutionizing weed management for sustainable agriculture in the era of One-health
title_full Bioherbicides: revolutionizing weed management for sustainable agriculture in the era of One-health
title_fullStr Bioherbicides: revolutionizing weed management for sustainable agriculture in the era of One-health
title_full_unstemmed Bioherbicides: revolutionizing weed management for sustainable agriculture in the era of One-health
title_short Bioherbicides: revolutionizing weed management for sustainable agriculture in the era of One-health
title_sort bioherbicides revolutionizing weed management for sustainable agriculture in the era of one health
topic Weed management
Biological control agent
Sustainable agriculture
Food security
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517425000562
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