Biocontrol of Plant Pests and Pathogens
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: closed (10 May 2024) | Viewed by 17481
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant parasitic nematodes; entomopathogenic nematodes; plant virus-vector nematodes; plant-nematode interactions; insect-nematode interactions; biological control
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Dear Colleagues,
Disease and pest management in many crops may be really challenging. As harvest time approaches, farmers have limited alternatives to chemical control in order to avoid chemical residues in the produce. At this point, especially, fruits with high sugar content, such as grapes, become more susceptible to post-harvest pests and diseases, e.g., fungi causing rot, adding an extra challenge in the puzzle of crop protection. Another problem that farmers need to overcome is the resistance that pests and pathogens develop in pesticides, along with the small number of chemical products that can be used legally in many countries. The attractive alternative strategy, in order to avoid chemical residues in fruits and vegetables, is biological control. In addition, when it comes to cankers and vascular diseases, things are getting even more intriguing as chemical control strategies are not always available or efficient and, often, the only available means is prevention. For example, grapevine trunk diseases are by far the most important problem for viticulture nowadays and yet there are no effective chemical control strategies, hence biological control may be an attractive alternative. Therefore, this Special Issue welcomes articles that address sound tools helping to reduce the use of synthetic chemical pesticides and promote sustainable agriculture in woody crops.
Dr. Eirini Karanastasi
Dr. Danai Gkizi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biological control
- plant diseases
- plant pests
- crop protection
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