Chapter 9

Preventing Potential Diseases of Crop Plants Under the Impact of a Changing Environment

Memoona Ilyas, Khola Rafique, Sania Ahmed, Sobia Zulfiqar, Fakiha Afzal, Maria Khalid, Alvina Gul Kazi and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi

Occurrence of a certain disease in a plant depends on a multitude of factors including a disease-causing virulent pathogen, a vulnerable host plant, and the environment. This forms a three key factor triangle for the development of diseases. Changing climate become a significant issue and may be intensely associated with increases in yield losses in the coming years. An increased level of ozone and carbon dioxide, altered precipitation patterns, flooding, drought, temperature extremes, global warming, and salinity are the outcomes ...

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