Rapid emergence of pathogens in agro-ecosystems: Global threats to agricultural sustainability and food security

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1709, 2016, Pages

  McDonald, Bruce A ^a   Stukenbrock, Eva H ^b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural ecosystems; Dynamic diversity; Fungal pathogens; Pathogen emergence; Pathogen evolution; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PLANT; CULTIVAR; EMERGENCE; FOOD SECURITY; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST PLANT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; PEST RESISTANCE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGRICULTURE; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; FUNGUS; HOST RANGE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SUPPLY; FUNGI; HOST SPECIFICITY; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 84992445975     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0026     Document Type: Review

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