The need for pest and pathogen management will increase as the intensification of food
production proceeds to feed the burgeoning human population. Climate is a significant …

Throughout history and in every part of the world, innovation in agriculture has played
crucial roles in economic development by increasing farm productivity, enhancing the …

Background Economic impact assessment of invasive species requires integration of
information on pest entry, establishment and spread, valuation of assets at risk and market …

Field experiments in Europe have shown that Chinese cultivars of winter oilseed rape
(Brassica napus) are very susceptible to the pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans (cause of …

The spread of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4), causal agent of
Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), has been projected to reach 17% of the global banana …

The prolonged drought from 2006–07 to 2008–09 in south‐eastern Australia presented
severe difficulties for dry‐land and irrigation farmers in the southern Murray‐Darling basin. A …

Xylella fastidiosa (Wells 1987, hereafter Xf), the causal agent of several devastating plant
diseases, is threatening new countries of the Euro-Mediterranean, Balkans, Middle East …

Panama disease, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4, is
considered to be one of the most severe threats facing the banana industry worldwide …

According to international treaties, phytosanitary measures against introduction and spread
of invasive plant pests must be justified by a science-based pest risk analysis (PRA). Part of …

Managing invasive species becomes increasingly difficult and expensive as populations of
new pathogens, plants, insects, and other animals (ie, pests) spread and reach high …