The potential impact evaluation of climate changes on some sunflower pathogens

Abstract

From domestication to the present time, agricultural crops have been constantly threatened by pathogens and pests that cause harvest losses, often leading to famine and social unrest. Global climate change, enhanced volume of trade and increased human mobility over the past 50 years are key risk factors in the introduction and establishment of non-native species in new areas. These invaders are a major threat worldwide due to their effect on human health, global food security and livelihoods, disruption of trade, biodiversity, habitat destruction, loss of agricultural productivity and high disease risk to crop plants. The given work have made an attempt to summarize the current knowledge with reference to the spread, frequency, genetics, evolution, diversity of pathogens, especially in sunflower, with some forecasts of the development of different diseases and recommendations for combating them in the context of climate change at the global level.