Endemic and Emerging Bacterial Diseases in Agricultural Crops
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: 10 November 2025 | Viewed by 12
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Interests: taxonomy; epidemiology; molecular characterization; control
* Currently retired.
Interests: diagnosis; detection; characterization; control
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Dear Colleagues,
In many areas of the world, we are currently facing epidemics of bacterial diseases affecting both woody and herbaceous cultivated crops. Such epidemics are caused either by pathogens established in the area for many years or by the recent introduction of new lineages which are particularly aggressive. In some cases, the introduction of new bacterial pathogens, which were never previously detected, is causing relevant economic losses. The specific epidemiology of the disease, especially for new outbreaks, is not always known, causing difficulties for effective field control.
Therefore, updates on the incidence and severity of the disease, coupled with information on the pathogen population structure and its molecular features, cycle of diseases, molecular or epidemiological interaction with the host plant, detection techniques, potential compounds or beneficial microbes to be used as preventive or curative tools, and applied field control strategies, are of primary importance for establishing the effective and durable management of a specific bacterial disease.
Research articles, reviews, and commentaries are welcome. Articles describing success in establishing effective management strategies that have significantly reduced the impact of the disease are also welcome.
Dr. Marco Scortichini
Dr. Tatjana Popović Milovanović
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bacterial pathogens
- quarantine bacteria
- molecular detection
- host-bacterium interaction
- beneficial microbes
- field management strategies
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