Editing Rust (fungus) (section)

==Impacts==
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Rusts are among the most harmful pathogens to agriculture, horticulture and forestry. Rust fungi are major concerns and limiting factors for successful cultivation of agricultural and forest crops.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} White pine blister rust, wheat stem rust, soybean rust, and coffee rust are examples of notoriously damaging threats to economically important crops.<ref name="How many rust species exist?"/> Climate change may increase the prevalence of some rust species while causing others to decline through increased {{CO2}} and O<sub>3</sub>, changes to temperature and humidity, and enhanced spore dispersal due to more frequent extreme weather events.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Helfer |first=Stephan |date=2013-10-30 |title=Rust fungi and global change |journal=New Phytologist |volume=201 |issue=3 |pages=770–780 |doi=10.1111/nph.12570 |pmid=24558651 |issn=0028-646X |doi-access=free }}</ref>