Editing Mycology (section)

===Plant pathogenic fungi===
Plant pathogenic fungi are a serious threat when it comes to crop availability and [[food security]]. These fungi can infiltrate plants and [[Crop|food crops]], which can cause serious economic issues for agricultural industries in numerous countries.<ref name=":12" /> Various plant pathogens can cause [[cash crop]]s to become [[inedible]] and virtually useless to the farmer that is growing them. This problem has increased over the years as the usage of [[monoculture]]s have become more prevalent: a limited variety of plants in one area can lead to the rapid spread of specific [[pathogen]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/on1101967096 |title=Encyclopedia of global resources |date=2019 |publisher=Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc.; Grey House Publishing |isbn=978-1-64265-056-3 |editor-last=Madsen |editor-first=Marianne Moss |edition=3rd |location=Ipswich, Massachusetts : Amenia, New York |oclc=on1101967096}}</ref> ''[[Puccinia graminis]]'' is a type of stem rust that targets [[Wheat|wheat crops]] worldwide from [[Africa]] to [[Europe]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Patpour |first1=M. |last2=Hovmøller |first2=M. S. |last3=Justesen |first3=A. F. |last4=Newcomb |first4=M. |last5=Olivera |first5=P. |last6=Jin |first6=Y. |last7=Szabo |first7=L. J. |last8=Hodson |first8=D. |last9=Shahin |first9=A. A. |last10=Wanyera |first10=R. |last11=Habarurema |first11=I. |last12=Wobibi |first12=S. |date=February 2016 |title=Emergence of Virulence to SrTmp in the Ug99 Race Group of Wheat Stem Rust, Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, in Africa |url=https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-06-15-0668-PDN |journal=Plant Disease |volume=100 |issue=2 |pages=522 |doi=10.1094/PDIS-06-15-0668-PDN |issn=0191-2917|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Olivera Firpo |first1=P. D. |last2=Newcomb |first2=M. |last3=Flath |first3=K. |last4=Sommerfeldt-Impe |first4=N. |last5=Szabo |first5=L. J. |last6=Carter |first6=M. |last7=Luster |first7=D. G. |last8=Jin |first8=Y. |date=2017 |title=Characterization of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici isolates derived from an unusual wheat stem rust outbreak in Germany in 2013 |url=https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppa.12674 |journal=Plant Pathology |language=en |volume=66 |issue=8 |pages=1258–1266 |doi=10.1111/ppa.12674 |issn=1365-3059}}</ref> Another devastating fungal pathogen is ''[[Sarocladium oryzae]]'', which is a type of sheath rot fungus prevalent in [[India]] and is a great threat to [[History of rice cultivation|rice cultivation]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mehta |first1=Amritpal |last2=Singh |first2=S. K. |last3=Wani |first3=Owais Ali |last4=Ahanger |first4=Shafat Ahmad |last5=Basu |first5=Umer |last6=Vaid |first6=Amrish |last7=Sharma |first7=Sonali |last8=Basandrai |first8=Ashwani Kumar |date=March 2023 |title=Effect of abiotic factors on progress and severity of sheath rot ( Sarocladium oryzae ) in rice |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jph.13183 |journal=Journal of Phytopathology |language=en |volume=171 |issue=7–8 |pages=300–319 |doi=10.1111/jph.13183 |issn=0931-1785}}</ref> Historically, one of the more well-known cases of plant-fungal pandemics was the potato blight of Ireland, which was caused by a [[water mold]] known as ''[[Phytophthora infestans]]''. This event is known as the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Famine of Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Goss |first1=Erica M. |last2=Cardenas |first2=Martha E. |last3=Myers |first3=Kevin |last4=Forbes |first4=Gregory A. |last5=Fry |first5=William E. |last6=Restrepo |first6=Silvia |author-link6=Silvia Restrepo|last7=Grünwald |first7=Niklaus J. |date=2011-09-16 |editor-last=Allodi |editor-first=Silvana |title=The Plant Pathogen Phytophthora andina Emerged via Hybridization of an Unknown Phytophthora Species and the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen, P. infestans |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=6 |issue=9 |pages=e24543 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0024543 |doi-access=free |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=3174952 |pmid=21949727|bibcode=2011PLoSO...624543G }}</ref>