Fusarium in Crops Under Climate Change Scenarios
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 February 2026 | Viewed by 863
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Fusarium spp.; climate change; wheat; barley; grain quality; mycotoxins
Interests: Fusarium head blight; Fusarium graminearum; Triticum turgidum subsp. durum; alternariol; altenuene; mycotoxin; glutenins; Triticum aestivum; dough
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change (CC) poses a significant threat to global food production and safety. Crops are particularly vulnerable to this phenomenon, with multiple projections indicating an increased burden of plant diseases under CC scenarios. Shifts in fungal community composition, diversity, and pathogenicity represent critical challenges in the coming decades. Changes in global mean temperature, altered precipitation patterns, and the frequency of extreme weather events can profoundly influence plant–pathogen interactions, ultimately compromising grain yield and quality. Moreover, understanding how environmental factors such as elevated CO2 levels, temperature fluctuations, and relative humidity—as well as abiotic stresses including drought, heatwaves, and waterlogging—modulate plant–pathogen dynamics is of paramount importance.
This Special Issue, "Fusarium in Crops Under Climate Change Scenarios", aims at showcasing cutting-edge research on the impact of climate change on Fusarium species. We welcome contributions addressing Fusarium diversity, pathogenicity, interactions with other fungal genera, and shifts in plant–host relationships affecting grain yield and quality. Further topics of interest include the implications for by-products, mycotoxin contamination, and potential mitigation strategies. We invite the submission of review articles, original research papers, and short communications.
Dr. Mauro Martínez
Dr. María Inés Dinolfo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fusarium
- crops
- climate change
- plant–pathogen interactions
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