Integrating pests and pathogens into the climate change/food security debate
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...Changing climate will also favour powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis (DC.) Speer) infections of winter wheat and barley (Gregory et al. 2009)....
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...Genes active against diseases at low (10 °C) temperatures can be turned off at high (25 °C) temperatures (Gregory et al. 2009)....
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...Protein levels in wheat, barley and rice are expected to be 10–15% lower by 2030 as a direct result of increasing CO2 (Erbs et al. 2010; Gregory et al. 2009; Taub et al. 2008; Wieser et al. 2008), and, indeed, may have already decreased in the past 50 years (Taub et al. 2008)....
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...Economic and social factors, agricultural practices, and changing environments and climates can all affect the durability of food-production systems (Gregory et al. 2009)....
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...For many countries, the growing security risk posed by plant pathogens is likely to be exacerbated by climate changes (41,115)....
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...In addition to weather conditions, the occurrence of weeds, diseases, and pests can result in yield fluctuations [Gregory et al., 2009]....
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