The proportion of soil-borne pathogens increases with warming at the global scale

Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo (), Carlos A. Guerra, Concha Cano-Díaz, Eleonora Egidi, Jun-Tao Wang, Nico Eisenhauer, Brajesh K. Singh and Fernando T. Maestre
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Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo: Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Carlos A. Guerra: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle–Jena–Leipzig
Concha Cano-Díaz: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Eleonora Egidi: Western Sydney University
Jun-Tao Wang: Western Sydney University
Nico Eisenhauer: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle–Jena–Leipzig
Brajesh K. Singh: Western Sydney University
Fernando T. Maestre: Universidad de Alicante

Nature Climate Change, 2020, vol. 10, issue 6, 550-554

Abstract: Abstract Understanding the present and future distribution of soil-borne plant pathogens is critical to supporting food and fibre production in a warmer world. Using data from a global field survey and a nine-year field experiment, we show that warmer temperatures increase the relative abundance of soil-borne potential fungal plant pathogens. Moreover, we provide a global atlas of these organisms along with future distribution projections under different climate change and land-use scenarios. These projections show an overall increase in the relative abundance of potential plant pathogens worldwide. This work advances our understanding of the global distribution of potential fungal plant pathogens and their sensitivity to ongoing climate and land-use changes, which is fundamental to reduce their incidence and impacts on terrestrial ecosystems globally.

Date: 2020
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