Claim · model-written summary
Soil moisture and wetness in the range of 0.4-0.7 significantly promoted rice brown spot development.
- Taxon
- Rice
Oryza sativae0 - Treatment
- soil moisture and wetness in the range of 0.4–0.7e1
- Interactor
- Bipolaris oryzae
Bipolaris oryzaee0pathogen - Outcome
- RBS developmente2
- Direction
- promotede2
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Verbatim
e0“Rice brown spot (RBS), mainly caused by Bipolaris oryzae”
e1“soil moisture and wetness in the range of 0.4–0.7”
e2“significantly promoted RBS development”
Title
Forecasting the Rising Threat: How Climate Change Could Amplify Rice Brown Spot in Côte d'Ivoire
Jean Fabrice Adanve; Brahima Kone; Rachidatou Sikirou; et al. Journal of Phytopathology 2026. doi:10.1111/jph.70218
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Association Air temperatures above 27 C were associated with decreased rice brown spot prevalence.
- Association Wind speeds exceeding 1 m/s were associated with decreased rice brown spot prevalence.
- Association Relative humidity above 80% significantly promoted rice brown spot development.
- Association Wet bulb and dew point temperatures between 23 C and 27 C significantly promoted rice brown spot development.
- Observation Rice brown spot severity increased yearly, ranging from 2.47 to 3.46 on a 0-5 scale.
- Association Rice brown spot prevalence was consistently higher during the rainy seasons.
- Observation Predictive modelling suggests a likely expansion and intensification of rice brown spot risk in the future.
- Observation Under a high-emission scenario, rice brown spot severity could reach 4.9 by the late 21st century.
- Observation Under the moderate scenario, rice brown spot is projected to peak at severity 4.33 between 2060 and 2080.
- Recommendation The authors conclude there is an urgent need for climate-adaptive disease management strategies to sustain rice production in Africa.