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Wu F, Bhatnagar D, Bui-Klimke T, Carbone I, Hellmich R, Munkvold G, Paul P, Payne G, Takle E. Climate change impacts on mycotoxin risks in US maize. WORLD MYCOTOXIN J 2011. [DOI: 10.3920/wmj2010.1246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
To ensure future food security, it is crucial to understand how potential climate change scenarios will affect agriculture. One key area of interest is how climatic factors, both in the near- and the long-term future, could affect fungal infection of crops and mycotoxin production by these fungi. The objective of this paper is to review the potential impact of climate change on three important mycotoxins that contaminate maize in the United States, and to highlight key research questions and approaches for understanding this impact. Recent climate change analyses that pertain to agriculture and in particular to mycotoxigenic fungi are discussed, with respect to the climatic factors – temperature and relative humidity – at which they thrive and cause severe damage. Additionally, we discuss how climate change will likely alter the life cycles and geographic distribution of insects that are known to facilitate fungal infection of crops.
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Affiliation(s)
- F. Wu
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, 100 Technology Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd Bldg 001, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, 100 Technology Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, 851 Main Campus Drive, Suite 233, Partners III, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Genetics Laboratory, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University, Seed Science Building, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Selby Hall, Wooster, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, 851 Main Campus Drive, Suite 233, Partners III, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Department of Geological and Atmospheric Science and Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 3010 Agronomy Hall, Ames, IA 50011
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Pan Z, Andrade D, Segal M, Wimberley J, McKinney N, Takle E. Uncertainty in future soil carbon trends at a central U.S. site under an ensemble of GCM scenario climates. Ecol Modell 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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