Soil Management: Implications for Pest and Disease Control
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 7814
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Interests: applied entomology; IPM; biological control; biopesticides; agroecology; sustainable agriculture; insect pollinators
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Interests: biological control; IPM; plant-herbivore interactions; ecology; acarology
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Dear Colleagues,
Effective soil management has been accepted as essential for obtaining high crop yields. The expansion of monoculture, in addition to the excessive usage of inorganic fertilizers and pesticides, leads to soil biota disequilibrium. Many researchers have observed that fertility practices improving soil macro- and microbiota diversity enhances plant health and crop protection. Several cultural practices such as cover crops, crop rotation, and landscape management can contribute to increasing soil biota diversity. Recent research links soil microbiota in the rhizosphere to aboveground pests and diseases, as well as pest and beneficial arthropod interactions since they can change the chemical composition of the plants, stimulating the synthesis of plant defense compounds. Soil microbiota diversity also contributes to plants overcoming climatic change. Therefore, we currently face the challenge of conserving and enhancing soil macro- and microbiota in agroecosystems.
Original research articles, review articles, and short communications on these subjects including, but not limited to, the following topics, are all welcomed:
- Practices improving soil macro- and microbiota;
- Promotion of plant defense mechanisms by soil biota;
- Endophytic fungi, and mycorrhizae, and bacteria interactions with herbivorous and beneficial insects;
- Fertilization and soil biota;
- Fertilization and pest and disease control;
- Cover crops, crop rotation, and soil biota;
- Landscape management and soil macro and microbiota;
- Soil biota and climate change tolerance.
Prof. Dr. Elisabete Figueiredo
Dr. Maria Pappas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant defense
- endophytes
- mycorrhizae
- PGPR
- endophytic entomopathogenic fungi
- cover crops/crop rotation and soil biota
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