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No full textNot AvailableClimate change is the biggest threat to mankind, affecting agriculture due to 0.74C average global increase in temperature in the last 100 years and atmospheric CO2 concentration rise from 280 ppm in 1750 to 400 ppm in 2014-15. Such changes pose a drastic influence on the growth and cultivation of the different crops on the Earth as global food production must increase by 50% to meet the projected demand of the world’s population by 2050. Simultaneously, these changes will also affect the reproduction, spread and severity of many plant pathogens, thus posing a threat to our food security. Pest and disease management has played its role in doubling food production in the last 40 years, but pathogens still claim 10–16% of the global harvest. Integrated solutions and international co-ordination in disease management strategies should be reoriented under changing climatic conditions with amalgamation of new strategies for sustainable food production and food security.Not Availabl
