Plant Diseases: A Challenge for Food Security
Muhammad Asif Ilyas *
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
Fazal Ur Rehman
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
Maria Kalsoom
Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
Iqra Ilyas
Department of Environmental Sciences, Women University Multan, Pakistan.
Haroon Ilahi
Department of Agriculture, The University of Swabi, Pakistan.
Rana Usama Iqbal
College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
. Khadija
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
Sana Ahmad
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The lack of resources committed to crop disease research, mainly in developing nations, compounds the issue. This could be due to poor management, but it could also be due to the challenge of quantitative measurements plant pathogens and connecting it to production failure to achieve reasonable yields. Plant pathology appears to be significantly defunded in comparison to its relevance because of the need to provide such solid facts to managers and representatives. We hope that this analysis will encourage crop pathologists, especially those in developing countries, to concentrate on collection of data. Furthermore, it is expected that once they have solid facts, they will become more efficient in obtaining sufficient and reasonable support from governments and other public and private sector entities in order to successfully combat plant pathogens that ruin their many valuable products.
Keywords: Leaf extracts, Food security, effect, Effect of Parthenium, plant diseases, Stomatal features, environmental variations, agricultural land, stressed conditions, integrated management.