Advanced Research on Diagnosis and Biological Control of Crop Diseases
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 848
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant disease diagnosis; molecular detection; biological control; disease management
Interests: plant resistant mechanism; fungal pathogenic mechanism; plant/microbe interaction; host-induced gene silencing; RNAi
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Crops are continuously confronted with a wide variety of plant pathogens, including fungi, nematodes, oomycetes, bacteria, and viruses, resulting in significant losses of crop yield and quality worldwide. Only after identifying the pathogen of crop disease can the corresponding control strategies be developed based on the biological characteristics and occurrence regularity of pathogen species. Therefore, a rapid and accurate diagnosis of crop diseases is essential for their effective control. At present, chemical control is still the main method used for controlling crop diseases. However, the increased use of chemical pesticides on agricultural crops has raised a great number of economic, ecological and health concerns. As an alternative, biological control is an effective and sustainable method, as it uses beneficial microorganisms or microbial metabolites to control crop diseases.
Reviews, original research articles, and communications are all welcome.
This Special Issue, entitled "Advanced Research on Diagnosis and Biological Control of Crop Diseases", aims to present the latest research findings on any aspect of disease diagnosis and biological control. Some of the main topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- New diagnostic tools for the detection of crop disease;
- Research and application of novel biocontrol;
- The relationships between microbial diversity and biocontrol;
- The key mechanisms of biocontrol;
Development of more diverse and effective biocontrol for crop diseases
Dr. Yi Cheng
Dr. Xiaofeng Su
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- molecular identification
- sustainable crop protection
- diagnostic and detection
- high-throughput identification
- mechanisms
- biological control
- crop disease
