The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security

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  • Jean B. Ristaino
    Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security Cluster, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695;
  • Pamela K. Anderson
    International Potato Center, 1558 Lima, Peru;
  • Daniel P. Bebber
    Biosciences, Exeter University, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom;
  • Kate A. Brauman
    Global Water Initiative, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108;
  • Nik J. Cunniffe
    Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom;
  • Nina V. Fedoroff
    Huck Institute of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16801;
  • Cambria Finegold
    Digital Development, CABI, Wallingford OX10 8DE, United Kingdom;
  • Karen A. Garrett
    Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611;
  • Christopher A. Gilligan
    Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom;
  • Christopher M. Jones
    Center for Geospatial Analytics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695;
  • Michael D. Martin
    Department of Natural History, Norwegian University of Science and Technology University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway;
  • Graham K. MacDonald
    Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0B9;
  • Patricia Neenan
    Strategic Partnerships, the Americas, CABI, Wallingford OX10 8DE, United Kingdom;
  • Angela Records
    Bureau for Food Security, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC 20523;
  • David G. Schmale
    School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061;
  • Laura Tateosian
    Center for Geospatial Analytics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695;
  • Qingshan Wei
    Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security Cluster, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695

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<jats:p>Plant disease outbreaks are increasing and threaten food security for the vulnerable in many areas of the world. Now a global human pandemic is threatening the health of millions on our planet. A stable, nutritious food supply will be needed to lift people out of poverty and improve health outcomes. Plant diseases, both endemic and recently emerging, are spreading and exacerbated by climate change, transmission with global food trade networks, pathogen spillover, and evolution of new pathogen lineages. In order to tackle these grand challenges, a new set of tools that include disease surveillance and improved detection technologies including pathogen sensors and predictive modeling and data analytics are needed to prevent future outbreaks. Herein, we describe an integrated research agenda that could help mitigate future plant disease pandemics.</jats:p>

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