AI-empowered crop protection against insect-borne diseases

IF 7.8 2区工程技术 Q1 BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS

Current opinion in biotechnology Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-27 DOI:10.1016/j.copbio.2026.103445

Pingzhi Zhao , Qiudong Xia , Jian Ye

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Abstract

Insect-borne plant diseases, such as psyllid-transmitted citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) and whitefly-transmitted viral diseases, pose a major threat to global agriculture. These insect-borne pathogens establish in multipartite interactions with host plants and insect vectors, frequently altering host physiology and vector behavior to facilitate transmission. This review examines recent advances in plant defense against these pathogens, as well as pathogen strategies that undermine host defenses. We emphasize the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) in accelerating scientific research and technological advancements for managing insect-borne diseases. These strategies contribute to building an integrated platform, which trains scientific foundation models and creates AI agents to automate research workflows and test hypotheses. They also provided precision intervention strategies by identifying resistance genes, developing in silico approaches to develop new pesticides, and synthetic immune proteins. These AI platforms for insect-borne plant diseases enable a systemic understanding of the complex pathogen–plant–insect interactions, thereby offering new opportunities for controlling disease outbreaks and epidemics.

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利用人工智能进行作物保护，预防虫媒疾病

柑桔黄龙病（HLB）和白蛉病毒性病害等虫媒植物病害对全球农业构成重大威胁。这些虫媒病原体在与寄主植物和昆虫媒介的多重相互作用中建立，经常改变寄主生理和媒介行为以促进传播。本文综述了植物防御这些病原体的最新进展，以及病原体破坏宿主防御的策略。我们强调人工智能在加速管理虫媒疾病的科学研究和技术进步方面的潜力。这些策略有助于构建一个集成平台，该平台可以训练科学基础模型并创建人工智能代理，以自动化研究工作流程和测试假设。他们还通过识别抗性基因、开发开发新农药的计算机方法和合成免疫蛋白，提供了精确的干预策略。这些虫媒植物疾病的人工智能平台使人们能够系统地了解复杂的病原体-植物-昆虫相互作用，从而为控制疾病暴发和流行提供新的机会。

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Current opinion in biotechnology 工程技术-生化研究方法

CiteScore

16.20

自引率

2.60%

发文量

226

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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