Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2020
Fighting Fusarium Pathogens in the Era of Climate Change: A Conceptual Approach
Timmusk, Salme; Nevo, Eviatar; Ayele, Fantaye; Noe, Steffen; Niinemets, UloAbstract
Fusarium head blight (FHB) caused byFusariumpathogens is one of the most devastating fungal diseases of small grain cereals worldwide, substantially reducing yield quality and food safety. Its severity is increasing due to the climate change caused by weather fluctuations. Intensive research on FHB control methods has been initiated more than a decade ago. Since then, the environment has been rapidly changing at regional to global scales due to increasing anthropogenic emissions enhanced fertilizer application and substantial changes in land use. It is known that environmental factors affect both the pathogen virulence as well as plant resistance mechanisms. Changes in CO(2)concentration, temperature, and water availability can have positive, neutral, or negative effects on pathogen spread depending on the environmental optima of the pathosystem. Hence, there is a need for studies of plant-pathogen interactions in current and future environmental context. Long-term monitoring data are needed in order to understand the complex nature of plants and its microbiome interactions. We suggest an holobiotic approach, integrating plant phyllosphere microbiome research on the ecological background. This will enable the development of efficient strategies based on ecological know-how to fightFusariumpathogens and maintain sustainable agricultural systems.Keywords
ecosystem-atmosphere relations; plant microbiome; Fusarium; bacterial exopolysaccharides; genomic networks; sustainable developmentPublished in
Pathogens2020, volume: 9, number: 6, article number: 419
Publisher: MDPI
Authors' information
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology
Bashan Institute of Science (BIS)
Nevo, Eviatar
Univ Haifa
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology
Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute
Noe, Steffen
Estonian Univ Life Sci
Niinemets, Ulo
Estonian Acad Sci
Associated SLU-program
SLU Network Plant Protection
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG13 Climate action
SDG2 Zero hunger
UKÄ Subject classification
Microbiology
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9060419
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/107134