Journal
FUNGAL BIOLOGY
Volume 123, Issue 8, Pages 555-557Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2019.03.006
Keywords
Climate change; Food spoilage fungi; Fungicides; Mycotoxins; Phytopathogens; Post-harvest losses
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- British Council, UK [017-RLWK8-10388]
- FAPESP, Brazil [2017/50201-3]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [17/50201-3] Funding Source: FAPESP
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Fungi threaten the security of food supply to human populations on several fronts. They destroy up to 30 % of crop products through disease and spoilage processes, while mycotoxin-producing fungi and opportunistic pathogens endanger food safety. Control of these fungi is vital for improving food security, but current measures are inadequate and further challenges due to human-population growth and climate change are escalating. Investment and innovation in research on strategies to control fungal growth, harnessed through international, inter-disciplinary collaboration across socio-economic boundaries, provides one key to rising to this challenge. (C) 2019 British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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