The fungal threat to global food security

Avery, Simon V.; Singleton, Ian; Magan, Naresh; Goldman, Gustavo H.

Abstract

Fungi threaten the security of food supply to human populations on several fronts. They destroy up to 30 % of crop products through disease and spoilage processes, while mycotoxin-producing fungi and opportunistic pathogens endanger food safety. Control of these fungi is vital for improving food security, but current measures are inadequate and further challenges due to human-population growth and climate change are escalating. Investment and innovation in research on strategies to control fungal growth, harnessed through international, inter-disciplinary collaboration across socio-economic boundaries, provides one key to rising to this challenge.

Citation

Avery, S. V., Singleton, I., Magan, N., & Goldman, G. H. (2019). The fungal threat to global food security. Fungal Biology, 123(8), 555-557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2019.03.006

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 20, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Apr 3, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-08
• Deposit Date: Aug 5, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 4, 2020
• Journal: Fungal Biology
• Print ISSN: 1878-6146
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 123
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 555-557
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2019.03.006
• Keywords: Plant Science; Genetics; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Infectious Diseases
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2021861
• Contract Date: Aug 5, 2019