Recent Advances in Legume Crop Protection
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 110
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soybean
Interests: insect chemical ecology; pest control
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Interests: weed biology and ecology; sustainable weed management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The legume family is economically important and is one of the most important sources of starch, protein, oil, and vegetables for human food around the world. The pulses are an important component of the response of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in emergencies. However, the frequent occurrence of diseases, pests, and weeds is one of the important factors restricting the high and stable yield of legume crops. Harmful organism management (including diseases, pests, and weeds) is critical and requires integrated approaches and strategies. This Special Issue aims to explore the latest advances in this field by publishing high-quality research articles focusing on the management of legume crop diseases, pests, and weeds.
We welcome original research articles, review papers, case studies, and perspectives that provide a comprehensive understanding of the latest updates in the management of diseases, pests, and weeds in legume crops. This Special Issue will cover a wide range of topics related to legume crop harmful organism management, including, but not limited to, chemical control, alternative control strategies (e.g., the use of microbiological agents, essential oils, natural enemy insects, light trapping, and cultural measures), plant disease and pest modeling, precision crop protection, remote sensing technology, and resistance breeding. We encourage researchers and experts from different disciplines to contribute their valuable insights and findings to this Special Issue.
Dr. Kai Li
Dr. Yu Gao
Dr. Zhaofeng Huang
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Agronomy is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- resistance breeding
- resistance gene mining
- induced resistance
- legume viruses
- malignant weed
- insect ecology
- plant disease and pest detection and modeling
- plant disease and pests
- biological control
- chemical control
- physical and mechanical control
- pesticide resistance management
- integrated pest management
