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ReviewProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security.

Jean B Ristaino, Pamela K Anderson, Daniel P Bebber, Kate A Brauman, Nik J Cunniffe, Nina V Fedoroff, Cambria Finegold, Karen A Garrett, Christopher A Gilligan, Christopher M Jones and 7 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 223 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
223citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
106.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

223 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 742 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 12 institutions in 5 countries.

Jean B RistainoEmerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security Cluster, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695; jean_ristaino@ncsu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9458-0514
Pamela K AndersonInternational Potato Center, 1558 Lima, Peru.ORCID 0000-0001-5778-8730
Daniel P BebberBiosciences, Exeter University, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4440-1482
Kate A BraumanGlobal Water Initiative, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108.ORCID 0000-0002-8099-285X
Nik J CunniffeDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3533-8672
Nina V FedoroffHuck Institute of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16801.
Cambria FinegoldDigital Development, CABI, Wallingford OX10 8DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2749-4912
Karen A GarrettInstitute for Sustainable Food Systems, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.
Christopher A GilliganDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6845-0003
Christopher M JonesCenter for Geospatial Analytics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695.ORCID 0000-0002-0229-2970
Michael D MartinDepartment of Natural History, Norwegian University of Science and Technology University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-2010-5139
Graham K MacDonaldDepartment of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0B9.ORCID 0000-0002-7120-1366
Patricia NeenanStrategic Partnerships, the Americas, CABI, Wallingford OX10 8DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6018-3625
Angela RecordsBureau for Food Security, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC 20523.ORCID 0000-0002-8136-7183
David G SchmaleSchool of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061.ORCID 0000-0002-7003-7429
Laura TateosianCenter for Geospatial Analytics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695.ORCID 0000-0002-3578-3696
Qingshan WeiEmerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security Cluster, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695.ORCID 0000-0003-1214-010X
North Carolina State University · USCAB International · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBInternational Potato Center · PEMcGill University · CANorwegian University of Science and Technology · NOPennsylvania State University · USUnited States Agency for International Development · USUniversity of Exeter · GBUniversity of Florida · USUniversity of Minnesota · USVirginia Tech · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant disease outbreaks are increasing and threaten food security for the vulnerable in many areas of the world. Now a global human pandemic is threatening the health of millions on our planet. A stable, nutritious food supply will be needed to lift people out of poverty and improve health outcomes. Plant diseases, both endemic and recently emerging, are spreading and exacerbated by climate change, transmission with global food trade networks, pathogen spillover, and evolution of new pathogen lineages. In order to tackle these grand challenges, a new set of tools that include disease surveillance and improved detection technologies including pathogen sensors and predictive modeling and data analytics are needed to prevent future outbreaks. Herein, we describe an integrated research agenda that could help mitigate future plant disease pandemics.

Indexed as

Climate ChangeEcosystemFood SecurityPlant DiseasesHumansemerging plant diseasefood securityplant pathology

Identifiers

PMID34021073
PMCPMC8201941
OpenAlexW3163531312

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