Integrated Management of Soil-Borne Diseases—Second Edition
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: 20 October 2025 | Viewed by 20
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil-borne disease; chemical control; soil fumigation; control efficacy; crop yield; economic assessment
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Interests: soil fumigation; soil nematode; soil microorganism; determination of soil quality; assessment of soil health
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Interests: soil-borne diseases; plant protection; pesticide science; soil microorganisms
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the development of protected agriculture and the continuous cultivation of high-value crops, a large number of pathogenic fungi, bacteria and insect eggs accumulate in the soil. Soil-borne diseases such as fusarium wilt, root rot, bacterial wilt and root-knot nematodes occur frequently. Soil-borne diseases are becoming increasingly serious. Due to the high multiple cropping levels and less fallowing and crop rotation, soil-borne diseases are more serious in agricultural cultivation in developing countries than in developed countries, resulting in a significant decline in crop yield and quality, which restricts the cultivation and sustainable development of protected cultivation. The irrational application of pesticides and fertilizers in the management of soil-borne diseases also leads to the deterioration of soil quality. The scientific treatment of soil-borne diseases is an important approach for improving the quality of farmland.
This Special Issue is a continuation of the previous Special Issue: “Integrated Management of Soil-Borne Diseases” and welcomes original research papers, short communications and reviews focusing on the following topics: the transmission and epidemics of soil-borne disease; the diagnosis and identification of soil-borne diseases; images of diseases that aid AI diagnosis; experiment techniques and ethodologies; the pathogenesis of soil-borne diseases; the chemical and biological control of soil-borne diseases; soil disinfection technologies; new products of soil fumigants; formulations and application methods for soil fumigants; the mode of action of soil fumigants; the environmental behavior of soil fumigants; the ecological and environmental effects of soil fumigants; and the economic assessment of soil-borne disease management products and technologies.
Prof. Dr. Aocheng Cao
Dr. Dongdong Yan
Dr. Wensheng Fang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil-borne diseases
- replant disease
- Fusarium spp.
- Ralstonia solanacearum
- root-knot nematode
- soil-borne virus
- mages of diseases
- AI technology
- chemical control
- control efficacy
- pre-plant fumigation
- soil fumigant
- soil disinfestation technologies
- biological control agent
- horticultural crops
- economic assessment
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