Detection and Prevention of Fungal Pathogens in Horticultural Products
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM)".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 16 June 2024 | Viewed by 4902
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fruits and vegetables; mycotoxins; postharvest disease
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Dear Colleagues,
The decay of horticultural products, including fruit, vegetables, flowers, spice plants and medicinal plants, is an important factor leading to severe postharvest product decay and huge economic losses, as well as mycotoxins contamination. Horticultural products are susceptible to pathogenic fungi during the growth and storage period. Various pathogens that adapt to the local environment can infect different horticultural products, and these can vary greatly. Therefore, the isolation and identification of pathogens causing disease in horticultural products are highly necessary to control plant disease and develop specific fungicides. In addition, chemical fungicides are the main strategy to manage disease in horticultural products; however, a series of problems, such as environmental pollution, fungicide residue, and pathogens developing resistance to fungicide, are becoming increasingly prominent.
Therefore, we encourage the submission of manuscripts on the following topics:
- The isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi in pre-harvest or post-harvest horticultural products;
- New diagnosis and detection technologies of pathogenic fungi in horticultural products;
- Prevention and control methods of pathogenic fungi in horticultural products;
- Detection and control technologies related to the pathogenic mycotoxins of horticultural products;
- The pathogenic mechanism of pathogenic fungi on horticultural products.
Prof. Dr. Huali Xue
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- horticultural product
- pathogenic fungi
- isolation and identification
- prevention
- control