Siyabonga Ntshalitshali

Climate change and the rising threat of Macrophomina phaseolina: implications for food security, food safety, and sustainable crop health management

Macrophomina phaseolina is a destructive soil-borne necrotrophic fungal pathogen that causes substantial yield losses in a wide range of economically important crops worldwide. Disease severity is strongly enhanced under drought, high temperature, and salinity stress, conditions that are becoming increasingly prev...