The gap in understanding the intricate relationship
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The gap in understanding the intricate relationship between climatic variables and the occurrence, intensity, and geographic distribution of plant diseases. The need for climate-informed plant disease management strategies to mitigate the a
Evidence profile
Sourced from the stated research gap and future-work section and future work of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 186 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 6 representative gaps
- Plant disease dynamics in a changing climate: impacts, molecular mechanisms, and climate-informed strategies for sustainable management (2024) · Discover Agriculture · cited 62× · doi
The gap in understanding the intricate relationship between climatic variables and the occurrence, intensity, and geographic distribution of plant diseases. The need for climate-informed plant disease management strategies to mitigate the adverse repercussions of climate change on plant health.
generalstated research gapKeywords: gap understanding intricate relationship between climatic variables occurrence - Plant disease dynamics in a changing climate: impacts, molecular mechanisms, and climate-informed strategies for sustainable management (2024) · Discover Agriculture · cited 62× · doi
Further research is needed to understand the molecular basis of climate-modulated plant defense mechanisms and pathogen virulence. The development of resilient crops through biotechnological advancements is a critical area of future research. The implementation of early warning systems and adaptive surveillance is necessary to reduce the risk of plant disease outbreaks.
generalfuture-work sectionKeywords: further research needed understand molecular basis climate-modulated plant - Plant disease dynamics in a changing climate: impacts, molecular mechanisms, and climate-informed strategies for sustainable management (2024) · Discover Agriculture · cited 62× · doi
The intersection of climate change and plant disease dynamics presents profound challenges to global agricultural productivity. As this review illustrates, the complex relationships between climatic variables, plant pathogens, and host plants are evolving in ways that threaten food security and ecosystem stability. Rising temperatures, elevated CO2 levels, altered precipitation patterns, and shifting pathogen distributions contribute to an increasingly unpredictable agricultural landscape, heightening the risk of frequent and severe disease outbreaks. To tackle this evolving threat, climate-informed plant disease management approaches such as early warning systems, precision agriculture and adaptive surveillance technologies may offer significant promise.
generalfuture workevidence 5/5Keywords: plant disease climate agricultural evolving intersection change dynamics presents profound challenges global productivity review illustrates - A mechanistic framework linking within-host pathogen progression to vector-mediated transmission under climate forcing (2026) · bioRxiv · doi
Most plant disease models neglect the dependence of infectiousness on the age of infection. Most models do not account for the effects of temperature on pathogen growth rates and host infectiousness. There is a need for a mechanistic epidemic framework that couples temperature-driven within-host pathogen dynamics to vector-mediated transmission.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: plant disease models neglect dependence infectiousness age infection - A mechanistic framework linking within-host pathogen progression to vector-mediated transmission under climate forcing (2026) · bioRxiv · doi
Future research should investigate the effects of climate change on plant disease dynamics. Future research should develop more complex models that account for the autocorrelation structure of real weather variability. Future research should apply the mechanistic epidemic framework to other vector-borne plant diseases.
generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5Keywords: future research investigate effects climate change plant disease - Climate change-driven distribution shifts of pigeonpea sterility mosaic disease in India: a MaxEnt modeling approach (2026) · Frontiers in Agronomy · doi
Further research is needed to evaluate the impact of climate change on other plant diseases. The study's approach can be applied to other crops and regions to evaluate the impact of climate change on plant diseases. There is a need to develop strategies for managing PPSMD under future climate conditions.
generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5Keywords: further research needed evaluate impact climate change other
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