Integrating pests and pathogens into the climate change/food security debate
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...The potential influence of pests and diseases is commonly beyond the scope of such studies (Gregory et al., 2009)....
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...This may be through impacts of warming or drought on the resistance of crops to specific diseases and through the increased pathogenicity of organisms by mutation induced by environmental stress (Gregory et al. 2009)....
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...As a consequence, parts of the EU such as the Po valley in Italy, reported record reductions in maize yield of 36% (Ciais et al., 2005)....
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...…research suggests that while many crops may respond positively to increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations in the absence of climate changes (Long et al., 2004), the associated effects of higher temperatures and altered patterns of precipitation will probably combine to reduce yields…...
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...The moderate climatic shock intensified food insecurity and the long-term vulnerability of the region....
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