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… food preferences of populations. Plant pest and disease outbreaks have caused massive food shortages and … people died because of the famine. The Potato late blight disease caused by Phytophthora infestans, a pest that is … 4, causing the Banana fusarium wilt, also known as Panama disease. Any reduction in banana production through pests in …

… the elderly, and people with lung or cardiovascular disease. It reduces the ability of plants to absorb carbon … productivity, thus negatively impacting livelihoods, disease control and food security. They can also cause a … used in the nuclear weapons industry and chronic beryllium disease has been diagnosed in workers, despite exposure …

… now forms the basis on which modern high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties are being produced.3 Indeed, … the genes from CWR, many useful traits, such as pest and disease resistance, abiotic stress tolerance or quality … th e In te rn at io na l T re at y M O D U LE II 8 fungal disease Black Sigatoka, and cotton crop by Cotton Leaf Curl …

… chemicals already in the environment, e.g. pesticides, or disease outbreaks after natural disasters. Investing in … underwater noise, ship strikes, poisoning, pollution, disease, invasive species, illegal and unsustainable take and … preamble recognizes the substantial lessons of Minamata Disease, in particular the serious health and environmental …

… of public funds, compared with managing that pest or disease in perpetuity after it becomes established. The …

… that the variety carries genes that are resistant to many disease causing fungi. It has since been used as a source of … of resistance to rhizomania, a devastating sugar-beet root disease. Meanwhile, it was found that the collections also … local conditions and that exhibit resistances to blast disease were multiplied and distributed to over 1000 …

… Protect water channels and shores from erosion n Regulate disease-carrying organisms n Provide ingredients for …

… cause a severe food crisis. That was the case of a potato disease called “a late blight of potato” caused by a fungus …

… crop varieties that promote productivity and resistance to disease that can only be maintained with the continuous input …