Recent Advances for Determination and Assessment of Compounds Involved in Crop Protection
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 February 2026 | Viewed by 728
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pesticide residues in plant/animal products and environmental samples; analytical methods; environmental monitoring; pesticides; contaminants; method validation; chromatography; mass spectrometry; risk assessment
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Interests: gas and liquid chromatography; tandem mass spectrometry; plant protection products; pesticide residues; plant metabolites; volatile compounds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Regarding sustainable agriculture, the control of pests, weeds and diseases is a major challenge, affecting agricultural yield losses, food security, and ecosystem health. Monitoring plant protection products is a crucial step towards preventing negative consequences while ensuring the protection of crops.
This Special Issue aims to cover the wide scope of recent advances in the chromatographic determination of both synthetic and naturally occurring substances with plant protection properties, pertaining to the following:
- (a) Across various matrices, including pesticide formulations, environmental compartments (soil, water, and air), and food and feed.
- (b) Derived from microorganisms, insects, and plants, which serve as biocontrol agents.
The plant protection efficacy of microorganisms, insects, and plants, functioning as biocontrol agents, will also be discussed and assessed as well as plant–plant, plant–insect, and plant–microbe interactions.
Additionally, the residual behavior of spray solutions of herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and others will be investigated, with the aim of reducing the chemical input in the food chain and the environment, in the context of sustainability.
All types of articles, such as original research, opinions, and reviews, are welcome.
Dr. Eleftheria Bempelou
Dr. George Balayiannis
Dr. Eirini Anastasaki
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- analytical methods
- chromatography
- pesticides
- spray solutions
- agro-environment
- chemical ecology
- volatiles
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