Abstract
Abstract In the 21st century, stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici ( Pst ), is still the most devastating disease of wheat globally. Despite the critical roles of the alternate host plants, the Berberis species, in the sexual reproduction and spread of Pst , the climate change impacts on the redistribution of Berberis plants, and their potential risk of incurring wheat stripe rust are scarcely discussed in the literature. This study evaluated the potential risk of Pst in wheat cultivation in Sichuan Province, China, for the first time, by analyzing the dynamics of Berberis plants and the change in Pst oversummering range under climate change scenarios. Ensembles of small models (ESMs) in combination with four algorithms were used to project the future (i.e., 2041–2060, 2061–2080, and 2081–2100) distributions of 54 Berberis species in Sichuan Province based on two shared socioeconomic pathways (SSP) scenarios. The species richness of Berberis was predicted to increase in northwestern Sichuan but decreased in southern and eastern Sichuan under both SSP245 and SSP585 scenarios. The mean temperature of the driest quarter was found to be the determinant of the distributional shifts for the majority of Berberis plants. Our overlapping assessments indicated that the risk of wheat stripe rust would be reduced in southwestern Sichuan. In contrast, it would be aggravated in the northwest due to the predicted shifts of Berberis plants northwards and stronger shrinkage of Pst oversummering range occurring in the south than in the north. In the “hotspots” of the stripe rust pathogen, risk assessment in advance could provide a scientific basis for decision‐makers and local communities in effectively controlling wheat stripe rust, thus further sustaining food security through adapting to future climate change.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Berberis species richness was projected to increase in northwestern Sichuan under both SSP scenarios.
- Outcome
- species richness of Berberise0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Qualifier
- both SSP245 and SSP585 scenariose0
- Setting
- northwestern Sichuane0
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BerberisOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“The species richness of Berberis was predicted to increase in northwestern Sichuan but decreased in southern and eastern Sichuan under both SSP245 and SSP585 scenarios”
Claim · model-written summary
Berberis species richness was projected to decrease in southern and eastern Sichuan under both SSP scenarios.
- Outcome
- species richness of Berberise0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Qualifier
- both SSP245 and SSP585 scenariose0
- Setting
- southern and eastern Sichuane0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The species richness of Berberis was predicted to increase in northwestern Sichuan but decreased in southern and eastern Sichuan under both SSP245 and SSP585 scenarios”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean temperature of the driest quarter was the determinant of most Berberis distributional shifts.
Not reportedSettingDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The mean temperature of the driest quarter was found to be the determinant of the distributional shifts for the majority of Berberis plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Projected wheat stripe rust risk declined in southwestern Sichuan.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Interactor
- stripe ruste0pathogen
- Outcome
- risk of wheat stripe ruste0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Setting
- southwestern Sichuane0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the risk of wheat stripe rust would be reduced in southwestern Sichuan”
Claim · model-written summary
Projected wheat stripe rust risk increased in northwestern Sichuan.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Interactor
- stripe rustt0pathogen
- Outcome
- stripe rustt0
- Direction
- aggravatede0
- Qualifier
- predicted shifts of Berberis plants northwardse0
- Setting
- northweste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“it would be aggravated in the northwest due to the predicted shifts of Berberis plants northwards and stronger shrinkage of Pst oversummering range occurring in the south than in the north”
t0“wheat security through an alternate host of stripe rust”
Claim · model-written summary
Berberis plants were projected to shift northwards.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“predicted shifts of Berberis plants northwards”
Claim · model-written summary
Pst oversummering range was projected to shrink more strongly in the south than north.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Interactor
- Pste0pathogen
- Outcome
- Pst oversummering rangee0
- Direction
- shrinkagee0
- Comparator
- northe0
- Setting
- southe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“stronger shrinkage of Pst oversummering range occurring in the south than in the north”
t0“wheat security”