Climate change impacts on plant diseases

[Impacts of climate change on infectious diseases].

Climate warming may have significant impacts on human health, including changes in the distribution and seasonality of vector-borne diseases. We discuss the consequences of climate change on infectious diseases. Effects of transmission of the imported tropical diseases in Europe are discussed.

The impacts of climate change and meteorological factors on pollen season indicators of allergenic plant taxa

Pollen respiratory allergies have been increasing in prevalence over the last two decades, partly as the result of the impact of climate change. For many allergenic trees, grass and weed species, increased pollen production and prolonged pollination period result in long-term increased abundance of pollen allergens in the atmosphere; earlier shifts of airborne pollen grains and prolonged exposu...

Climate Change Impacts on Native Plant Communities in Melanesia

Keynote review Climate change: potential impact on plant diseases

Global climate has changed since pre-industrial times. Atmospheric CO2, a major greenhouse gas, has increased by nearly 30% and temperature has risen by 0.3 to 0.6 C. The intergovernmental panel on climate change predicts that with the current emission scenario, global mean temperature would rise between 0.9 and 3.5 C by the year 2100. There are, however, many uncertainties that in ̄uence these ...

Climate change and its impact on plant diseases

CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 105, NO. 12, 25 DECEMBER 2013 1685 H. R. Gautam is in the Department of Plant Pathology and M. L. Bhardwaj is in the Department of Vegetable Science, Dr Y S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan 173 230, India and Rohitashw Kumar is in the Division of Agricultural Engineering, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmi...