The fluid dynamics of disease transmission

L Bourouiba - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
For an infectious disease such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to spread,
contact needs to be established between an infected host and a susceptible one. In a range …

A unified effort to fight an enemy of wheat and barley: Fusarium head blight

M McMullen, G Bergstrom, E De Wolf… - Plant …, 2012 - Am Phytopath Society
Wheat and barley are critical food and feed crops around the world. Wheat is grown on more
land area worldwide than any other crop. In the United States, production of wheat and …

High concentrations of biological aerosol particles and ice nuclei during and after rain

JA Huffman, AJ Prenni, PJ DeMott… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
Bioaerosols are relevant for public health and may play an important role in the climate
system, but their atmospheric abundance, properties, and sources are not well understood …

Epidemiology of Fusarium head blight on small-grain cereals

LE Osborne, JM Stein - International journal of food microbiology, 2007 - Elsevier
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the most serious diseases affecting wheat and barley
worldwide. It is caused by Fusarium graminearum along with F. culmorum, F. avenaceum …

Community ecology of fungal pathogens causing wheat head blight

X Xu, P Nicholson - Annual review of phytopathology, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Research on the pathogen components involved in Fusarium head blight (FHB) along with
the effects of their interactions on disease development and mycotoxin accumulation is …

Climate change impacts on mycotoxin risks in US maize

F Wu, D Bhatnagar, T Bui-Klimke… - World Mycotoxin …, 2011 - wageningenacademic.com
To ensure future food security, it is crucial to understand how potential climate change
scenarios will affect agriculture. One key area of interest is how climatic factors, both in the …

Occurrence of 26 mycotoxins in the grain of cereals cultivated in Poland

M Bryła, A Waśkiewicz, G Podolska, K Szymczyk… - Toxins, 2016 - mdpi.com
The levels of 26 mycotoxins were determined in 147 samples of the grain of cereals
cultivated in five regions of Poland during the 2014 growing season. The HPLC-HRMS (time …

Aerosolization of fungal spores in indoor environments

X Li, D Liu, J Yao - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Fungi in indoor environments can cause adverse health effects through inhalation and
epidermal exposure. The risk of fungal exposure originates from the aerosolization of fungal …

Climate change reshaping plant-fungal interaction

A Waheed, Y Haxim, W Islam, M Ahmad… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plant diseases pose a severe threat to modern agriculture, necessitating effective and
lasting control solutions. Environmental factors significantly shape plant ecology. Human …

The relative abundance of viable spores of Gibberella zeae in the planetary boundary layer suggests the role of long-distance transport in regional epidemics of …

SL Maldonado-Ramirez, DG Schmale III… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2005 - Elsevier
The long-distance transport of plant pathogens takes place primarily in the planetary
boundary layer (PBL) of the atmosphere. The PBL extends from about 50m to nearly 1km …