Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (Jul 2017)
Foundational and Translational Research Opportunities to Improve Plant Health
- Richard Michelmore,
- Gitta Coaker,
- Rebecca Bart,
- Gwyn Beattie,
- Andrew Bent,
- Toby Bruce,
- Duncan Cameron,
- Jeffery Dangl,
- Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar,
- Rob Edwards,
- Sebastian Eves-van den Akker,
- Walter Gassmann,
- Jean T. Greenberg,
- Linda Hanley-Bowdoin,
- Richard J. Harrison,
- Jagger Harvey,
- Ping He,
- Alisa Huffaker,
- Scot Hulbert,
- Roger Innes,
- Jonathan D. G. Jones,
- Isgouhi Kaloshian,
- Sophien Kamoun,
- Fumiaki Katagiri,
- Jan Leach,
- Wenbo Ma,
- John McDowell,
- June Medford,
- Blake Meyers,
- Rebecca Nelson,
- Richard Oliver,
- Yiping Qi,
- Diane Saunders,
- Michael Shaw,
- Christine Smart,
- Prasanta Subudhi,
- Lesley Torrance,
- Bret Tyler,
- Barbara Valent,
- John Walsh
Affiliations
- Richard Michelmore
- The Genome Center and Departments of Plant Sciences, Molecular & Cellular Biology, and Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA, U.S.A.;
- Gitta Coaker
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA, U.S.A.;
- Rebecca Bart
- Danforth Center, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.;
- Gwyn Beattie
- Iowa State University, Ames, IA, U.S.A.;
- Andrew Bent
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, U.S.A.;
- Toby Bruce
- Rothamsted Research Center, U.K.;
- Duncan Cameron
- University of Sheffield, U.K.;
- Jeffery Dangl
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.;
- Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar
- Plant Biology and Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA, U.S.A.;
- Rob Edwards
- University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.;
- Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
- University of Dundee, Scotland, U.K.;
- Walter Gassmann
- University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.;
- Jean T. Greenberg
- University of Chicago, IL, U.S.A.;
- Linda Hanley-Bowdoin
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.;
- Richard J. Harrison
- NIAB East Malling Research Station, U.K.;
- Jagger Harvey
- Kansas State University, Manhatten, KS, U.S.A.;
- Ping He
- Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, U.S.A.;
- Alisa Huffaker
- University of California San Diego, U.S.A.;
- Scot Hulbert
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA, U.S.A.;
- Roger Innes
- Indiana University, Bloomigton, IN, U.S.A.;
- Jonathan D. G. Jones
- Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, U.K.;
- Isgouhi Kaloshian
- University of California, Riverside, CA, U.S.A.;
- Sophien Kamoun
- Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, U.K.;
- Fumiaki Katagiri
- University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.;
- Jan Leach
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, U.S.A.;
- Wenbo Ma
- University of California, Riverside, CA, U.S.A.;
- John McDowell
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, U.S.A.;
- June Medford
- University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.;
- Blake Meyers
- Danforth Center, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.;
- Rebecca Nelson
- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.;
- Richard Oliver
- Curtin University, Bentley, Australia;
- Yiping Qi
- East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, U.S.A.;
- Diane Saunders
- Earlham Institute, Norwich, U.K.;
- Michael Shaw
- University of Reading, Berkshire, U.K.;
- Christine Smart
- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.;
- Prasanta Subudhi
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A.;
- Lesley Torrance
- University of St. Andrews and James Hutton Institute, Fife, U.K.;
- Bret Tyler
- Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.; and
- Barbara Valent
- Kansas State University, Manhatten, KS, U.S.A.;
- John Walsh
- University of Warwick, Wellesbourne, U.K.
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-01-17-0010-CR
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 30,
no. 7
pp. 515 – 516
Abstract
The white paper reports the deliberations of a workshop focused on biotic challenges to plant health held in Washington, D.C. in September 2016. Ensuring health of food plants is critical to maintaining the quality and productivity of crops and for sustenance of the rapidly growing human population. There is a close linkage between food security and societal stability; however, global food security is threatened by the vulnerability of our agricultural systems to numerous pests, pathogens, weeds, and environmental stresses. These threats are aggravated by climate change, the globalization of agriculture, and an over-reliance on nonsustainable inputs. New analytical and computational technologies are providing unprecedented resolution at a variety of molecular, cellular, organismal, and population scales for crop plants as well as pathogens, pests, beneficial microbes, and weeds. It is now possible to both characterize useful or deleterious variation as well as precisely manipulate it. Data-driven, informed decisions based on knowledge of the variation of biotic challenges and of natural and synthetic variation in crop plants will enable deployment of durable interventions throughout the world. These should be integral, dynamic components of agricultural strategies for sustainable agriculture.
