Achieving sustainable plant disease management through evolutionary principles

作者：Zhan Jiasui^*; Thrall Peter H; Burdon Jeremy J

来源：Trends in Plant Science, 2014, 19(9): 570-575.

DOI：10.1016/j.tplants.2014.04.010

Plants and their pathogens are engaged in continuous evolutionary battles and sustainable disease management requires novel systems to create environments conducive for short-term and long-term disease control. In this opinion article, we argue that knowledge of the fundamental factors that drive host-pathogen coevolution in wild systems can provide new insights into disease development in agriculture. Such evolutionary principles can be used to guide the formulation of sustainable disease management strategies which can minimize disease epidemics while simultaneously reducing pressure on pathogens to evolve increased infectivity and aggressiveness. To ensure agricultural sustainability, disease management programs that reflect the dynamism of pathogen population structure are essential and evolutionary biologists should play an increasing role in their design.

• 出版日期2014-9
• 单位福建农林大学