Special Issue "Plant-Pathogen Interactions"

Guest Editor
Dr. Daniel K. Manter
USDA-ARS-NPA, Soil-Plant-Nutrient Research Unit, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building D, Suite 100 Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
E-Mail: daniel.manter@ars.usda.gov
Phone: +1 970 472 5144
Fax: +1 970 492 7213
Interests: biodiversity; microbial ecology; rhizosphere biology; plant-pathogen interactions; mechanisms of plant defense

Dear Colleagues,

The advent of next-generation sequencing has allowed for the documentation of an enormous amount of microbial diversity present in the soil and plant rhizophere. This diversity represents a vast array of genetic potential all simultaneously interacting with plants; as such, studies are required to better understand and model the net effect of these complex interactions on plant productivity and performance. In addition, growing evidence supports a potential role for microbial diversity in determining soil health and the suppressivity of plant pathogens. In this special issue we seek papers exploring the diversity of plant-pathogen interactions, and the potential role of microbial diversity to influence the net outcome of pathogen success and plant productivity and performance.

Dr. Daniel Manter
Guest Editor

Submission

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• plant-microbial interactions
• soil quality/health
• soil suppressivity
• plant pathogen