Impact of climate change on plant nematodes and disease complexes.

Rashidifard, Milad and Singh, Sunil K. and Du Preez, Gerhard and Ashrafi, Samad (2025) Impact of climate change on plant nematodes and disease complexes. In: Nematode disease complexes in Agricultural Crops. CABI International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 341-363. ISBN 978-1-80062-521-1

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Abstract

Food security and nutrition availability are globally threatened by climate change and require immediate actions to protect crops from emerging abiotic and biotic challenges. This is in association with other activities to reach the sustainable development goal of a world without hunger by 2030. As climate variability develops, plant – nematode interactions must be observed more closely to study the potentially new mechanisms involved in nematode parasitism, tolerance and resistance. Further, climate change may also influence intricate interactions between nematodes and other pathogens, and the development of disease complexes. Critical actions in protecting the plants via developing more adaptable resistance cultivars, effective multifaceted nematode biocontrol agents, innovative agricultural practices, and sustainable farming strategies will be required under climate change. A holistic management approach, where a comprehensive assessment is employed to identify the new patterns of nematode distribution, pathogenicity and ecology in emerging climatic conditions, can help to ensure the best practices to overcome the challenges. This chapter highlights the future challenges for nematode control and the importance of nematode management under global climatic variabilities.

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Uncontrolled Keywords:	nematode
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Divisions:	School of Pacific Arts, Communication and Education (SPACE)
Depositing User:	Sunil Singh
Date Deposited:	06 Aug 2025 23:08
Last Modified:	06 Aug 2025 23:08
URI:	https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/15084

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