Will yield gains be lost to disease?

Climate change is having a profound impact on modern agriculture and plant health. Now research suggests that while crop yields may increase at high latitudes in light of climate change, these gains could be severely impacted by parallel shifts in disease risk.

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Published inNature climate change Vol. 11; no. 8; pp. 648 - 649
Main Author Saunders, Diane G. O.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.08.2021
Nature Publishing Group
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Agriculture
Carbon sinks
Climate Change
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Crop yield
Earth and Environmental Science
Environment
Environmental diseases
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
Food security
Greenhouse gases
Health risks
Marine environment
News & Views
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Summary:Climate change is having a profound impact on modern agriculture and plant health. Now research suggests that while crop yields may increase at high latitudes in light of climate change, these gains could be severely impacted by parallel shifts in disease risk.
ISSN:1758-678X
1758-6798
DOI:10.1038/s41558-021-01106-6