Maize lethal necrosis (MLN) is a disease of maize caused by coinfection of maize with maize
chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) and one of several viruses from the Potyviridae, such as …

Epidemiology is the science of how disease develops in populations, with applications in
human, animal and plant diseases. For plant diseases, epidemiology has developed as a …

Background Maize lethal necrosis is caused by a synergistic co-infection of Maize chlorotic
mottle virus (MCMV) and a specific member of the Potyviridae, such as Sugarcane mosaic …

In recent years, mathematical modeling has increasingly been used to complement
experimental and observational studies of biological phenomena across different levels of …

Pathogen buildup in vegetative planting material, termed seed degeneration, is a major
problem in many low-income countries. When smallholder farmers use seed produced on …

Vector-transmitted diseases of plants have had devastating effects on agricultural production
worldwide, resulting in drastic reductions in yield for crops such as cotton, soybean, tomato …

Whether fungicide resistance management is optimized by spraying chemicals with different
modes of action as a mixture (ie, simultaneously) or in alternation (ie, sequentially) has been …

Seed transmission is a major mode for plant virus persistence and dispersal, as it allows for
virus survival within the seed in unfavorable conditions and facilitates spread when they …

The 1918 influenza pandemic is one of the most devastating infectious disease epidemics
on record, having caused approximately 50 million deaths worldwide. Control measures …

Emerging infectious plant diseases (EIPD) pose major challenges to global food systems.
We identified 14 EIPDs that can potentially inflict combined production losses worth over US …