Import volumes and biosecurity interventions shape the arrival rate of fungal pathogens

PLoS Biology
Benjamin A SikesRichard P Duncan

Abstract

Global trade and the movement of people accelerate biological invasions by spreading species worldwide. Biosecurity measures seek to allow trade and passenger movements while preventing incursions that could lead to the establishment of unwanted pests, pathogens, and weeds. However, few data exist to evaluate whether changes in trade volumes, passenger arrivals, and biosecurity measures have altered rates of establishment of nonnative species over time. This is particularly true for pathogens, which pose significant risks to animal and plant health and are consequently a major focus of biosecurity efforts but are difficult to detect. Here, we use a database of all known plant pathogen associations recorded in New Zealand to estimate the rate at which new fungal pathogens arrived and established on 131 economically important plant species over the last 133 years. We show that the annual arrival rate of new fungal pathogens increased from 1880 to about 1980 in parallel with increasing import trade volume but subsequently stabilised despite continued rapid growth in import trade and recent rapid increases in international passenger arrivals. Nevertheless, while pathogen arrival rates for crop and pasture species have declined in r...Continue Reading

References

Dec 24, 2002·Proceedings. Biological Sciences·Brian LeungGary Lamberti
Mar 5, 2003·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Christopher J Costello, Andrew R Solow
Mar 2, 2005·Preventive Veterinary Medicine·Alexander G Murray, Edmund J Peeler
May 19, 2007·Trends in Ecology & Evolution·Marie-Laure Desprez-LoustauDavid M Rizzo
Feb 16, 2011·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Eric F Lambin, Patrick Meyfroidt
Apr 14, 2012·Nature·Matthew C FisherSarah J Gurr
Jun 24, 2014·Journal of Environmental Management·Michael Ansong, Catherine Pickering
Jan 24, 2015·Trends in Parasitology·Alison M Dunn, Melanie J Hatcher
Jun 22, 2016·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Dean R PainiMatthew B Thomas
Feb 16, 2017·Nature Communications·Hanno SeebensFranz Essl
Feb 13, 2018·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Hanno SeebensFranz Essl

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Jan 21, 2020·Global Change Biology·Katelyn T FaulknerJohn R U Wilson
Oct 2, 2020·Global Change Biology·Hanno SeebensFranz Essl
Aug 7, 2020·Emerging Topics in Life Sciences·James RainfordFemke van den Berg
Jul 28, 2019·Nature Reviews. Microbiology·Madhav P ThakurStefan Geisen
Jun 27, 2020·Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society·Petr PyšekDavid M Richardson
Feb 26, 2019·Frontiers in Plant Science·Riikka Linnakoski, Kristian M Forbes
Nov 20, 2020·Emerging Topics in Life Sciences·Alan MacLeod, Simon Lloyd
Apr 26, 2021·Ecology Letters·Richard P Duncan
May 23, 2021·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Jean B RistainoQingshan Wei
Jun 26, 2021·Frontiers in Plant Science·Ahmed IsmaelHeidi Dungey

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Methods Mentioned

BETA
X-ray

Software Mentioned

jagsUI
JAGS
R
StatsNZ

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.

Related Papers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Francesco N TubielloS Mark Howden
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Hanno SeebensFranz Essl
© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved