Crop-destroying fungal and oomycete pathogens challenge food security

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-64

  Bebber, Daniel P ^a   Gurr, Sarah J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Food security

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUMERIA GRAMINIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIDIUM; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROP PEST; FOOD SECURITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; SOCIOECONOMICS; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; ECONOMICS; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

FUNGI; OOMYCETES;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SUPPLY; FUNGI; HUMANS; OOMYCETES; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 84920896510     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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