New Advances in Molecular Diagnostics of Crop Pathogens
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 2453
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant protection; disease resistance; molecular diagnosis of plant pathogens
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plant tolerance to stress; plant symbiosis; plant epigenetics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plant pathology; pathogens and antagonists; molecular diagnostic tests; plant protection
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Agricultural crops are threatened by a wide variety of diseases that might compromise entire harvests. In recent decades, great advances in the knowledge of causal pathogens (e.g., bacteria, oomycetes, fungi, nematodes), their epidemiology, impact on crops, and ways of control have been achieved. In this sense, advanced disease detection and prevention are imperative to minimize crop losses, and specific treatments can be tailored to combat specific pathogens if they are identified early and/or plant diseases are diagnosed correctly. These need-based treatments allow maximizing productivity and ensuring agricultural sustainability. Furthermore, pathogen detection is of significant interest for the screening of resistant crop plants in view of plant breeding.
Advances in molecular biology, plant pathology, and biotechnology have allowed the development of methodologies that make diagnosis possible in terms of pathogenic agents’ identification and disease detection. These studies include well-established molecular methods as well as emerging methodologies, boosted by the advent of new technologies and the application of several OMIC platforms.
For this Special Issue, we invite the submission of original research papers and reviews focusing on cutting-edge knowledge around the use of molecular mechanisms for crop plant disease diagnosis, including the precise and rapid detection and identification of infecting pathogens to facilitate effective management of diseases.
Dr. Maria Doroteia Campos
Dr. Catarina Campos
Dr. Maria do Rosário Félix
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pathogen detection
- pathogen identification
- crop protection
- crop diseases
