Phytoalexins, Resistance Inducers, and Sustainable Control Measures in Crop Protection Strategies—3rd Edition
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2026) | Viewed by 1490
Editor
Interests: grapevine; crop protection; plant pathology; phytopathology; plant disease management; fungal plant pathology; fungal infection
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Dear Colleagues,
In-depth knowledge of plants’ defense mechanisms against pathogens will facilitate the development of crop protection strategies that are based on the induction of effective defense responses. To achieve this, research on different substances that can be used as resistance inductors will prove very important. This could allow the greater and faster synthesis of phytoalexins and/or other defense compounds during growth stages in which pathogens are more virulent, contributing to better disease control. Similarly, the objective of environmentally friendly and sustainable control can be achieved by using biological and natural products instead of chemical applications. This Special Issue aims to collect articles that cover both of these aspects and share the objective of avoiding or reducing the use of chemical plant protection products.
Prof. Dr. Francesco Calzarano
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainable crop protection
- resistance induction
- biological products
- natural products
- disease management
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