Crop Pathogens

Disease accounts for up to 30-40% of the annual yield losses of crops worldwide, which constantly threatens global food security [1]. Climate change is expected to disrupt the current distribution of many pathogens, bringing new diseases to susceptible crop varieties grown in North American climates [2]. Global trade also increases the introduction and spread of novel diseases to new areas [3]. Thus, early detection of pathogens and subsequent disease surveillance is an important part of understanding present and future threats to human health and food safety.

NAGC’s projects aim to detect and quantify pathogens that are difficult to differentiate by visual symptoms alone. These qPCR tests are also used to survey soil, air, and residue to monitor specific pathogens in the environment.

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