Current practices and emerging possibilities for reducing the spread of oomycete pathogens in terrestrial and aquatic production systems in the European Union

Clara Benavent-Celma; Noelia López-García; Tahmina Ruba; Magdalena E. Ściślak; David Street-Jones; Pieter van West; Stephen Woodward; Johanna Witzell

doi:10.1016/j.fbr.2021.10.001

Current practices and emerging possibilities for reducing the spread of oomycete pathogens in terrestrial and aquatic production systems in the European Union

Clara Benavent-Celma, Noelia López-García, Tahmina Ruba, Magdalena E. Ściślak, David Street-Jones, Pieter van West, Stephen Woodward, Johanna Witzell^* (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

Diseases caused by oomycete pathogens are a global threat to forestry, agriculture and aquaculture. Because of their complex life cycles, characterised by dormant resting structures that enable their survival for years under hostile environmental conditions, reducing the spread of oomycetes is a challenging task. In this review, we present an overview of this challenge, starting from the need to understand the natural and anthropogenic dispersal pathways of these pathogens. Focusing on the European Union, we explore current legislation that forms a backbone for biosecurity protocols against the spread of oomycetes through trade and transport. We discuss the options for prevention, containment and long-term management of oomycetes in different production settings, emphasising the importance of prevention as the most cost-efficient strategy to reduce the spread of these pathogens. Finally, we highlight some of the new and emerging technologies and strategies as potential tools in the integrated pest management of animal and plant diseases caused by oomycetes. We emphasise the urgency of actions to halt the global spread of these pathogens.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	19-36
Number of pages	18
Journal	Fungal Biology Reviews
Volume	40
Early online date	16 Nov 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbr.2021.10.001
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2022

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Acknowledgements
This work was financially supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk1odowska-Curie Actions Innovative Training Networks PROTECTA H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017 call, under grant agreement number 766048 (CBC, NLG, & MES), Swedish Research Council Formas grant 2018-00966 and Nordic Forest Research (SNS-123) (JW), Prime Minister Fellowship, Bangladesh (TR), NERC [NE/R008140/1 (DSJ & PvW)], University of Aberdeen (SW & PvW), the BBSRC [BB/P020224/1, BB/M026566/1 (PvW)], Newton Fund GRP Aquaculture [BB/N005058/1 (PvW)]. We would like to thank Dr Debbie McLaggan (UoA) for proof-reading the manuscript.

Keywords

EU legislation and policies
Fish trade
Management practices
Oomycete dispersal pathways
Plant trade

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Benavent-Celma, C., López-García, N., Ruba, T., Ściślak, M. E., Street-Jones, D., van West, P., Woodward, S., & Witzell, J. (2022). Current practices and emerging possibilities for reducing the spread of oomycete pathogens in terrestrial and aquatic production systems in the European Union. Fungal Biology Reviews, 40, 19-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbr.2021.10.001

Benavent-Celma, C, López-García, N, Ruba, T, Ściślak, ME, Street-Jones, D, van West, P, Woodward, S & Witzell, J 2022, 'Current practices and emerging possibilities for reducing the spread of oomycete pathogens in terrestrial and aquatic production systems in the European Union', Fungal Biology Reviews, vol. 40, pp. 19-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbr.2021.10.001

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