The introduction of phytiatry in universities as a distinct science, is a primary necessity for food security and modernization of global agriculture

Review of the Genesis of Plant Pathology and Its Relation to the Phytiatry as a Necessary Element in the Sustainable Development of Agronomy

“…as a University multidisciplinary science could include several agronomical and biological scientific disciplines, having as core phytopathology, entomology and nematology, weed science and phytopharmacy, soil management and fertilizers, etc. to install a five-year University course as stands for Veterinary Medicine internationally" [15] (p. 95).…”

“…At the end of the 20th century, the decrease in food production that was being observed because of plant diseases was enormous, with losses that, with respect to the eight most significant crops in the world, were estimated to generate a decrease in agricultural production of between 40 and 45% [12] (p. 317). This prompted many authorities and institutions to consider how to proceed, concluding that in order to avoid them and design effective and environmentally friendly procedures, multidisciplinary integration in the manner of human and veterinary medicine must be generated, a proposal that began to be put into practice at the beginning of this century in several universities [13][14][15]. The genesis of this new profession, "plant medicine", based on the historical development of the genesis of plant pathology, is not well known, and the semantics that define it cause confusion with other areas of knowledge in the health sciences (many people, given this name, believe that this discipline refers to plants used in human or animal health), problems that need to be solved for a correct transfer of knowledge, both in the scientific field and in the technological and productive sectors of agriculture.…”