Feature Papers in Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 5707
Special Issue Editors
Interests: secondary metabolites in plant-pathogen interaction; natural substances with biological activity; chromatographic techniques; spectroscopic methods
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Interests: plant protection; biocontrol; bioactive secondary metabolites; biopesticides; biostimulants; Trichoderma spp.; disease resistance; biofertilizers; host plant resistance; pest management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The section of the Agriculture journal “Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests, and Weeds” has always strived toward the publication high-quality of published papers. I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the results achieved to date.
The constant challenges faced by the agricultural sector regarding climate change, and the evolution of pesticide resistance, as well as the need to reduce the use of the latter, encourage us to continue along this path. As part of integrated pest management (pathogens, animal pests and weeds), particular attention has been paid to studies exploring innovative strategies of control in the context of sustainable agriculture.
This Special Issue aims to collect the most advanced studies in the field of crop protection, pest management, identification of pathogens, biological control, development of safe pesticides with novel mechanisms of action, studies of plant–microbe interactions, and more.
In this respect, in this Special Issue, multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary original papers and reviews will be collected. Contributions to this Special Issue are only accepted from the editorial board and scientists invited by the editorial board.
Dr. Anna Andolfi
Dr. Francesco Vinale
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- integrated pest management
- biological control
- sustainable agriculture
- environmental impact
- climatic change and emerging diseases
- eco-friendly pest control
- plant–microbe interactions
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