Climate change impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward

BK Singh, M Delgado-Baquerizo, E Egidi… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Plant disease outbreaks pose significant risks to global food security and environmental
sustainability worldwide, and result in the loss of primary productivity and biodiversity that …

Assessing global fungal threats to humans

J Xu - MLife, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi are an integral part of the earth's biosphere. They are broadly distributed in all
continents and ecosystems and play a diversity of roles. Here, I review our current …

Improved inference of time-varying reproduction numbers during infectious disease outbreaks

RN Thompson, JE Stockwin, RD van Gaalen… - Epidemics, 2019 - Elsevier
Accurate estimation of the parameters characterising infectious disease transmission is vital
for optimising control interventions during epidemics. A valuable metric for assessing the …

[HTML][HTML] California's forest carbon offsets buffer pool is severely undercapitalized

G Badgley, F Chay, OS Chegwidden… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
California operates a large forest carbon offsets program that credits carbon stored in forests
across the continental United States and parts of coastal Alaska. These credits can be sold …

Phytophthora agathidicida: research progress, cultural perspectives and knowledge gaps in the control and management of kauri dieback in New Zealand

RE Bradshaw, SE Bellgard, A Black, BR Burns… - Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Kauri (Agathis australis), which is one of the world's largest and longest‐living conifer
species, is under threat from a root and collar dieback disease caused by the oomycete …

Invasive alien pests threaten the carbon stored in Europe's forests

R Seidl, G Klonner, W Rammer, F Essl… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Forests mitigate climate change by sequestering large amounts of carbon (C). However,
forest C storage is not permanent, and large pulses of tree mortality can thwart climate …

Spotted lanternfly predicted to establish in California by 2033 without preventative management

C Jones, MM Skrip, BJ Seliger, S Jones… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Models that are both spatially and temporally dynamic are needed to forecast
where and when non-native pests and pathogens are likely to spread, to provide advance …

Modelling hyperspectral-and thermal-based plant traits for the early detection of Phytophthora-induced symptoms in oak decline

A Hornero, PJ Zarco-Tejada, JL Quero… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Holm oak decline is a complex phenomenon mainly influenced by the presence of
Phytophthora cinnamomi and water stress. Plant functional traits (PTs) are altered during the …

Citizen science can enhance strategies to detect and manage invasive forest pests and pathogens

JM Hulbert, RA Hallett, HE Roy… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Incorporating a citizen science approach into biological invasion management strategies
can enhance biosecurity. Many citizen science projects exist to strengthen the management …

Ecology and Evolution of the Sudden Oak Death Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum

NJ Grünwald, JM LeBoldus… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The sudden oak and sudden larch death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum emerged
simultaneously in the United States on oak and in Europe on Rhododendron in the 1990s …