Seminar: Plant health in a one health perspective

Anna Berlin - Researcher at the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Division of Plant Pathology/Epidemiology, SLU

Human and animal health is closely connected plant health for several reasons: food and feed security - enough to eat, food safety - plant products with the right quality, and people’s livelihood - a large proportion of the world’s population depend on agriculture for their income.

Plant health is essential for good yields with the right quality. At the same time, plant diseases can cause significant plant health problems. While studies within plant disease often focuses on the understanding of the biology of a pathogen causing a specific disease, it is necessary to also understand the crop production system in which the pathogen causes disease.

Plant health in sustainable crop production requires a holistic approach and includes everything from understanding plant-pathogen interactions to plant protection strategies and how the landscape composition affects the spread and development of diseases. By understanding the effect of different factors on plant pathogens, better and sustainable crop management strategies can be developed.

These seminars are a free and online platform for scientific debate about agricultural production and sustainability between academics, stakeholders, and the general public, and you are therefore welcome to share the Zoom link that you will recieve after signing up.