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The successful management of plant diseases and insect infestations depend to some degree on accurate diagnoses delivered in a timeframe that enables effective response. Over the past few decades, many nations have experienced a steady increase in plant pathogen and pest incursions as well as the emergence of new pathogens that threaten plant health. The containment and mitigation of exotic plant pathogens and insect pests are dependent upon early detection and accurate diagnoses also in a timeframe to enable effective response. As we increase our dependence on international trade to address global economic and food security challenges, it is likely that incursions of pathogens and pests will continue, if not accelerate. Climate change, increasing standards of living, and globalized market systems will put increasing demands and pressures on the plant systems that provide us with food, feed, fiber, and medicines. It is appropriate to ask: do we have a rational plant biosecurity strategy and adequate plant biosecurity infrastructure to protect plant systems from the pathogens and pests that threaten plant health?
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This project was funded in part from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement n° 261752. Contribution number 14-298-B from the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Stack, J.P., Thomas, J.E., Baldwin, W., Verrier, P.J. (2014). Virtual Diagnostic Networks: A Platform for Collaborative Diagnostics. In: Gullino, M., Bonants, P. (eds) Detection and Diagnostics of Plant Pathogens. Plant Pathology in the 21st Century, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9020-8_10
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