PLANT DISEASES AND CLIMATIC VARIATIONS: TRENDING CHALLENGES FOR FOOD SECURITY
MARIA KALSOOM *
Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
ATTA UR REHMAN
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
AMBER ZAHRA
Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
MUHAMMAD DANISH TOOR
Department of Environmental Sciences, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, European University of Lefke, Northern Cyprus TR-10 Mersin, Turkey.
HAROON ILAHI
Department of Agriculture, The University of Swabi, Pakistan.
MUHAMMAD ADNAN
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
NAGEEN NAZ
Department of Chemistry, Government College Women University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
RIMSHA IQBAL
Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
AFTAB AHMAD KHAN
Fodder Research Institute, Sargodha, Pakistan.
FAZAL UR REHMAN *
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
AAFAQ AHMAD
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan. 3Fodder Research Institute, Sargodha, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
To accommodate the estimated demand of the worldwide people by 2050, global food production must raise by 50%. Meeting this daunting challenge would be made much more challenging if climate change causes the damages in Agricultural Crop Production (ACP) which result in threats to Global Food Security (GFS). Over last 40 years, disease and pest management has helped to double agricultural production, but diseases still demand 10–16 percent of the world output. We look at how climate change affects the many dynamic interaction mechanisms that cause pest and pathogen effects, as well as how these associations can be controlled to minimize these impacts. Integrated Disease Management (IDM), as well as international coordination in their execution, are deemed necessary. In this Review, we have reviewed the plant pathogens, climate change and their impacts on GFS, along with the key disease management strategies.
Keywords: Food Security, climatic variations, climatic variationsfungal diseases, bacterial diseases, viral diseases, integrated disease management