New Advances in Cereal-Fungal Pathogen Interactions
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 1524
Special Issue Editors
Interests: DNA-based traceability of plant and microbial species; mycotoxin monitoring; natural antimicrobials; transcriptome analysis of cereal–fungal pathogen interactions
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: molecular plant–pathogen interaction; mycotoxigenic fungal crop diseases; fungal genetics; fungicide resistance; plant genome editing for crop improvement; DNA-based traceability of plant and microbial species
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fungal diseases that affect cereals, the most important crops worldwide, are a major risk factor that influence food quality and security. A thorough understanding of pathogens’ adaptation mechanisms in hosts and hosts’ defense response modulation are key factors in the fight against fungal diseases. Different investigations offer information regarding fungal pathogenesis, host resistance, and mechanisms of action for disease control. In particular, omics techniques, including genomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metagenomics, provide valid and powerful tools to help widen our knowledge on intricate interactions among pathogens, hosts, soil natural microflora, the rhizosphere, and environmental conditions.
We present this Special Issue with the aim to provide an international platform for a broad audience of researchers to explain and discuss new advancements in studies concerning the complex relationships between pathogens and hosts during fungal infection in cereal crops. We welcome original research articles, scientific reports, communications, and review articles.
Dr. Caterina Morcia
Dr. Katia Gazzetti
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- cereal crops
- pathogenic fungi
- mechanisms of disease control
- omics techniques
- cereal genetic resistance
