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Foundational and Translational Research Opportunities to Improve Plant Health.

Cameron, D; Dangl, J; Dinesh-Kumar, S; Edwards, R; Eves-van den Akker, S; Gassmann, W; Greenberg, JT; Hanley-Bowdoin, L; Harrison, RJ; Harvey, J; He, P; Huffaker, A; Hulbert, S; Innes, R; Jones, JDG; Kaloshian, I; Kamoun, S; Katagiri, F; Leach, J; Ma, W; McDowell, J; Medford, J; Meyers, B; Nelson, R; Oliver, R; Qi, Y; Saunders, D; Shaw, M; Smart, C; Michelmore, R; Bruce, T; Bent, A; Beattie, G; Coaker, G; Bart, R; Subudhi, S; Torrance, L

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Authors

D Cameron

J Dangl

S Dinesh-Kumar

R Edwards

S Eves-van den Akker

W Gassmann

JT Greenberg

L Hanley-Bowdoin

RJ Harrison

J Harvey

P He

A Huffaker

S Hulbert

R Innes

JDG Jones

I Kaloshian

S Kamoun

F Katagiri

J Leach

W Ma

J McDowell

J Medford

B Meyers

R Nelson

R Oliver

Y Qi

D Saunders

M Shaw

C Smart

R Michelmore

A Bent

G Beattie

G Coaker

R Bart

S Subudhi

L Torrance



Abstract

Reader Comments | Submit a Comment The white paper reports the deliberations of a workshop focused on biotic challenges to plant health held in Washington, D.C. in September 2016. Ensuring health of food plants is critical to maintaining the quality and productivity of crops and for sustenance of the rapidly growing human population. There is a close linkage between food security and societal stability; however, global food security is threatened by the vulnerability of our agricultural systems to numerous pests, pathogens, weeds, and environmental stresses. These threats are aggravated by climate change, the globalization of agriculture, and an over-reliance on nonsustainable inputs. New analytical and computational technologies are providing unprecedented resolution at a variety of molecular, cellular, organismal, and population scales for crop plants as well as pathogens, pests, beneficial microbes, and weeds. It is now possible to both characterize useful or deleterious variation as well as precisely manipulate it. Data-driven, informed decisions based on knowledge of the variation of biotic challenges and of natural and synthetic variation in crop plants will enable deployment of durable interventions throughout the world. These should be integral, dynamic components of agricultural strategies for sustainable agriculture.

Acceptance Date Apr 9, 2017
Publication Date Jul 12, 2017
Journal Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Print ISSN 0894-0282
Publisher American Phytopathological Society
Pages 515 - 516
DOI https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-01-17-0010-CR
Publisher URL https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-01-17-0010-CR

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