Editorial Board for section 'Pest and Disease Management'

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Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.

Members


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College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Interests: molecular plant-microbe interaction; characterization of non-TAL effectors; analysis of HRP regulation network; dissection of T3SS sorting apparatus; identification of T3SS inhibitors

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Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
Interests: plant physiology; plant biotechnology; plant breeding; plant genetics
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Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol 3036, Cyprus
Interests: plant pathology; integrated disease management; biological control; mycology; population biology; fungicide resistance; trunk diseases; gray mold; postharvest pathology; grapevine and vegetable crops
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Laboratory of Pesticides’ Toxicology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Athens, Greece
Interests: nematicidal activity; phytochemistry; bioactive compounds; plant extracts

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Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation & Field Lab Campus Klein-Altendorf, University of Bonn, 53359 Rheinbach, Germany
Interests: horticulture; vegetables; ornamental plants; growing substrates for sustainable plant production; stress physiology; plant phenotyping; plant pathology; plant protection; biorationals; biobased products; bioeconomy; Miscanthus; biomass plants; renewable resources
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United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, New England Plant, Soil, and Water Laboratory, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Interests: plant pathology; biological control; cultural control; cropping systems; sustainable agriculture; soil health; soil microbiology

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French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development, CIRAD, F-34398 Montpellier, France
Interests: locusts; grasshoppers; locust control; locust biology; locust ecology
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Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University,2133 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-2133, USA
Interests: plant pathology; plant-microbe interactions; plant-insect interactions; symbioses

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State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: Interests:plant-microbe interaction; plant virology; plant resistance; genome editing; biotic stress

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College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
Interests: molecular plant pathology and fungal genetics; molecular interaction between rice and Magnaporthe oryzae
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Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
Interests: wheat; cereal rusts; molecular markers; disease resistance
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School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
Interests: insect pheromones; plant volatiles; insect chemoreception and behaviour; plant-insect interactions; invasive species ecology; biological control; conservation biology
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Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, IPSP-Bari Unit, Department of Biology, Agricultural and Food Sciences, DISBA, National Council of Research, CNR, 70126 Bari, Italy
Interests: plant immune system; plant pests; biochemistry; immunology; nematodes; oxygen metabolism
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1. Department of Agronomy, University of Córdoba. Edif. C4, Campus de Rabanales, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
2. Departmenet of Biology, College of Science and Mathematics, California StateUniversity, 2555 East San Ramon Avenue, Fresno, CA 93740, USA
Interests: plant diseases; plant disease control; applied epidemiology; olive tree; nut tree

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Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics (CREA-GB), Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy
Interests: DNA-based traceability of plant and microbial species; mycotoxin monitoring; natural antimicrobials; transcriptome analysis of cereal–fungal pathogen interactions
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SDA-ARS Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, 1515 College Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA
Interests: stored products; chemical ecology; behavior; integrated pest management; biological control; invasive species; behaviorally-based management
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Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Department of Agriculture, Plant Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, 38446 Nea Ionia, Greece
Interests: stored grain pest managment; integrated pest management; biological control; chemical control

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Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
Interests: plant pathology; nematodes; bioinformatics

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Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Fytokou st., N. Ionia, 38446 Volos, Greece
Interests: entomology; pest management; insect biology; population monitoring; trapping; decision support systems
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Plan Protection Department, INIA-CSIC, Carretera de la Coruña, km 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: conservation biological control; populations of natural enemies and biological control; pest control methods and side effects on natural enemies
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Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil
Interests: integrative plant–insect interactions; pest management; entomology; plant resistance; genetically modified crops; sustainable food production
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Charles Sturt Univ, Graham Ctr Agr Innovat, Orange, NSW, Australia
Interests: sterile insect technique; silicon and insect plant defence; fruit fly behaviour; ecology and management; biological control; landscape ecology; habitat manipulation; area wide
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Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, via Santa Sofia 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: insect rearing; ecotoxicology; insect control; IPM; side effects of pesticides; biopesticides
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Dipartimento di Agraria, Sezione di Patologia Vegetale ed Entomologia, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Enrico de Nicola, 07100 Sassari, SS, Italy
Interests: integrated pest management; biological control; entomopathogenic microbials
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Department of Agriculture, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, Via de Sanctis 1, I-86100 Campobasso, Italy
Interests: lepidoptera; fruit fly; IPM; precision farming; agro-ecology; geostatistics; smart agriculture; monitoring; trapping; fruit crops
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Council for Agricultural Research and Economics-Research Centre for Olive, Fruit and Citrus Crops, Via di Fioranello, 52, I-00134 Roma, Italy
Interests: detection; host–plant interaction; taxonomy; field control strategies
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College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: plant pathology; bioinformatics; plant-pathogen interaction; oomycetes; genomics; transcriptomics
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Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria (CREA), Centro di Ricerca Ceralicoltura e Colture industriali / Cereal and Industrial Crops Centre. Via Torrino, 2 - 81100 Caserta (CE), Italy
Interests: plant pathology; crop production; plant virology; diagnostics

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Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology, Archbishop Kyprianos 30, 3036 Limassol, Cyprus
Interests: the biological control of pests; the demographic impacts of pesticides on natural enemies; the evolution of pesticide resistance in insect and mite pests; the effects of plant water stress on pest

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Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: plant pathology; mycology; plant-microbe interactions; colletotrichum; Pucciniales; lupin; olive; coffee
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