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Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic

byEmily Monosson

Environmental toxicologist Emily Monosson investigates fungi as powerful agents of disease in plants, wildlife, and humans. She explains how global trade, climate change, habitat disruption, and modern agriculture help dangerous species travel, adapt, and find vulnerable hosts. Case studies of devastated crops, forests, bats, amphibians, and emerging human infections reveal threats that receive far less attention than viruses or bacteria. The book also distinguishes harmful fungi from the many beneficial species sustaining ecosystems. Monosson argues that surveillance, biodiversity, research, and responsible movement of organisms are essential to preventing future fungal catastrophes.

Publisher

Norton & Company Limited, W. W.

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781324007012