Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a principal source of food for more than half of the world population,
especially in South and Southeast Asia and Latin America. Elsewhere, it represents a high …

Plants are constantly threatened by a wide array of microbial pathogens. Pathogen invasion
can lead to vast yield losses and the demand for sustainable plant-protection strategies has …

Crop pathogens and pests reduce the yield and quality of agricultural production. They
cause substantial economic losses and reduce food security at household, national and …

There is an urgent need for agricultural systems to intensify sustainably, increasing crop
productivity, farmer livelihoods and soil health while using fewer resources. Crop …

The improvement and application of pest and disease models to analyse and predict yield
losses including those due to climate change is still a challenge for the scientific community …

The status of global food security, ie, the balance between the growing food demand of the
world population and global agricultural output, combined with discrepancies between …

The assessment of crop yield losses is needed for the improvement of production systems
that contribute to the incomes of rural families and food security worldwide. However, efforts …

ABSTRACT A series of experiments was conducted where a range of injuries due to rice
pests (pathogens, insects, and weeds) was manipulated simultaneously with a range of …

This review considers the cascade of events that link injuries caused by plant pathogens on
crop stands to possible (quantitative and qualitative) crop losses (damage), and to the …

In an attempt to find the biorational pesticides, 20 novel chalcone derivatives containing a
piperazine fragment were designed and synthesized. Their fungicidal activities and …