Effects of Nematodes on Crops—2nd 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 (25 May 2024) | Viewed by 2209
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soil science; soil; fertilizers; organic matter; carbon cycle; climate change; environmental impact assessment; nematodes
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Dear Colleagues,
Nematodes are essential components in any global soil ecosystem and have key roles in two completely contrasting functions: being beneficial and harmful to crop production. Free-living nematodes are beneficial in nutrient cycling in soil and consist of bacteriovores, fungivores, predators, and omnivores based on what they feed on. Natural nutrient supply capacity mediated by soil microbes and animals, including free-living nematodes, is important in sustainable crop production. By contrast, plant parasitic nematodes are harmful to plants and cause USD 80 billion in damages to global crop production. Thus, it is absolutely important to develop environmentally friendly control measures against plant pathogens. In this Special Issue, we expect to receive contributions of studies on any aspect of the effects of nematodes on crops. Research areas covering this Special Issue are, e.g., the ecology of free-living or plant parasitic nematodes, molecular diagnoses of important nematodes, new nematode diseases, and the novel or feasible biological, chemical, or physical control of plant parasitic nematodes.
Dr. Koki Toyota
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ecology
- diagnosis
- new control methods
- new diseases
- sustainable crop production
- free-living nematodes
- nutrient cycling
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