Soil Health and Its Role in Crop Protection
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2025 | Viewed by 59
Special Issue Editor
Interests: crop diseases; weed control; molecular approaches; identification and quantification; soil disinfestation; biocontrol agents; application equipment; crop growth and yield
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Dear Colleagues,
Soil health plays an important role in crop protection. In soil with continuous cropping year-round, soilborne pathogenic fungi, bacteria, and nematodes continue to accumulate, which can easily lead to the outbreak and spread of soilborne diseases, causing widespread disease and even whole-plant death, resulting in serious yield reduction and economic losses that cannot be compensated for. Therefore, soil health is extremely important. Before planting crops, it is necessary to check the soil health status, monitor the population density of pathogenic bacteria and nematodes in the soil, and if necessary, carry out soil disinfection treatment before planting, which can effectively reduce the occurrence of pests and diseases in the middle stage of crop growth and ensure the healthy and sustainable development of crops.
Dr. Yuan Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soil health
- crop protection
- pests
- diseases
- sustainable agriculture
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