The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security

JB Ristaino, PK Anderson, DP Bebber… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Plant disease outbreaks are increasing and threaten food security for the vulnerable in many
areas of the world. Now a global human pandemic is threatening the health of millions on …

Rural broadband and precision agriculture: A frame analysis of United States federal policy outreach under the Biden Administration

CE Sanders, KE Gibson, AJ Lamm - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Global food security requires sustainable and resource-efficient agricultural production.
Precision agriculture may provide the tools needed to intensify agricultural production while …

Towards develo** an epidemic monitoring and warning system for diseases and pests of hot peppers in Guizhou, China

K Liu, Y Mu, X Chen, Z Ding, M Song, D **ng, M Li - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Guizhou province is the largest area of hot pepper cultivation and processing in China.
However, diseases and pests are major bottlenecks for the sustainable development of the …

Assessment of Sustainability in the Supply Chain of Sweet Red Pepper Paste Production With Exergy and Life Cycle Analyses

S Adal, Z Erbay - Food and Energy Security, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines cumulative energy (CEnC), exergy (CExC), CO₂ emissions (CCO₂C),
and life cycle assessment of sweet red pepper (SRP) paste production. A whole system …

Risk quantification as an epidemiological analysis strategy: Analysis and application to bud rot in oil palm

JG Ramírez‐Gil, CM Rivera‐Lozano… - Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bud rot (BR), caused by Phytophthora palmivora, limits growth and development of oil palms
in the American continent, particularly in Colombia. Due to the absence of systematic …

Net return and risk analysis of winter cover crops in dryland cotton systems

Y Fan, Y Liu, PB DeLaune, P Mubvumba… - Agronomy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Winter cover crop and no‐till are two promising conservation practices to reduce soil erosion
and promote long‐term sustainability. This research evaluates the net returns of two different …

Variable Yield Responses among Grafted and Nongrafted Late blight–resistant Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Hybrids in North Carolina

ER Reeves, A Strayer-Scherer, DR Panthee… - …, 2023 - journals.ashs.org
Host resistance is an environmentally and economically sustainable disease management
strategy that may be especially beneficial to small-scale and organic growers for whom other …

Potatoes, citrus and coffee under threat

JB Ristaino - Plant Diseases and Food Security in the 21st Century, 2021 - Springer
Four familiar breakfast foods, coffee, oranges, bananas and potatoes provide current
examples of the challenge to food security posed by plant diseases. Potato late blight, a …

Comparing net return to land and risk for alternative leasing arrangements

M Langemeier, Y Liu - Journal of ASFMRA, 2020 - JSTOR
This paper examined the net return to land and risk for crop share, fixed cash rent, and
flexible cash lease arrangements. Specifically, certainty equivalent analysis was used to …

Farm-Scale Economic Analysis of Cover Crop Adoption Under Risk Aversion: The Case for Corn, Peanut, and Cotton in Southeastern Georgia

KK Bobbie - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Cover crops have been known to provide economic benefits and improve soil health but
most farmers are reluctant to adopt them due to the uncertainty around its effects on yield …