Detection and Control of Diseases and Pests in Fruits
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 173
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant–pathogen interaction; subtropical fruit tree pathology; fungal and bacterial diseases affecting fruit trees such as citrus and avocado
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fruit tree diseases and pests have a great influence on agricultural production worldwide and a global economic impact through the loss of productivity and trade limitations. In recent years, due to global warming and environmental changes, yield loss and fruit diseases are occurring more frequently than ever. The production of disease-free fruits and minimizing the diverse effects of biotic stresses is crucial to increase the food supply for a continuously growing human population and strengthen the worldwide global economy. Accurate diagnosis and early detection of plant pathogens and pests help to identify appropriate management practices to reduce production losses, decrease disease spread and increase the chance of effective eradication when new pathogens are introduced into a country. Research on all topics related to fruit diseases, such as fungal, bacterial, viral, nematodes, etc., and pests, from the development of novel, rapid, specific and sensitive fruit disease/pest detection/diagnostic methods to developing basic and applied control and management approaches, is a priority.
This Special Issue will focus on the “Detection and Control of Diseases and Pests in Fruits”. We are open to novel research, reviews and opinion articles covering all aspects of the detection and diagnostics, surveillance and/or forecasting of transboundary, emerging, re-emerging and invasive pests and diseases associated with fruit trees, a rapid response to, and recovery from pests and diseases that pose threats to fruit production and the food supply system, as well as those that suggest management practices and innovative strategies that can control or minimize the impacts of pre-harvest and post-harvest invasive, emerging and re-emerging diseases and pests in fruits.
Dr. Fatemeh Khodadadi
Dr. Kari A. Peter
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fruits
- diagnostic methods
- control and management
- pests
- diseases
