Open AccessChanging perceptions of tree resistance research
Author(s) -
Buggs Richard J. A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
plants, people, planet
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2572-2611
DOI - 10.1002/ppp3.10089
Subject(s) - resistance (ecology) , threatened species , geography , globalization , climate change , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , political science , agroforestry , ecology , habitat , law
Plants are threatened in a globalised world because people are transporting pests and pathogens around the planet at unprecedented rates. Natural resistance to pests and pathogens has never been more important. In this special issue of Plants, People, Planet we focus on resistance found in tree populations. This has long been a neglected area of research, but one that is ripe for rapid progress using genomic methods.