A case study on the disruptive effects of drought in natural plant
epidemics
- Keenan Duggal,
- Juliana Jiranek,
- Maddie Machado,
- Peyton Smith,
- Ian Miller,
- Jessica Metcalf
Abstract
The scale of influence of hydrological and thermal conditions on plant
disease remains uncertain for most natural plant pathosystems,
restricting our ability to predict the potential impacts of climate
change. Analysis of the spatiotemporal spread of a fungal rust pathogen
across four naturally occurring flax populations over the course of five
growing seasons reveals both expected relationships with snow cover,
relative humidity and temperature, and a novel footprint of severe
drought. This indicates that climate change may have substantial
drought-mediated impacts on the spread of plant disease, and points to a
need for further research integrating population-level epidemiological
studies with mechanistic environmental studies to explore the effects of
drought on natural plant epidemics.23 Apr 2024Submitted to Oikos 24 Apr 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
10 Jun 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned
23 Aug 2024Editorial Decision: Revise Major
11 Oct 20241st Revision Received
11 Oct 2024Submission Checks Completed
11 Oct 2024Assigned to Editor
11 Oct 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
24 Oct 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned