Crop Viral Diseases: New Diagnostics and Management Options
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 197
Special Issue Editors
Interests: virus diagnostics; genomics; virome; host–virus interactions; virus elimination
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant viruses lead to devastating diseases in crops, vegetables, and fruit plants, causing huge economic losses around the globe. Studies on plant viruses and associated diseases have always been an exciting and evolving field. In recent times, the subject of plant virology has seen a pragmatic shift in the use of novel diagnostics and efficient management options. The timely and accurate diagnosis of viruses and preventive measures to monitor their spread have helped growers combat many viral diseases worldwide.
Robust and highly sensitive diagnostic assays and indexing protocols have been developed for many emerging plant viruses, which take the form of benchmark assays in virus diagnosis. Similarly, novel management techniques, such as the use of double-stranded RNA, gene editing, and chemical-induced resistance, are other exciting areas that have witnessed new developments in recent years.
This Special Issue highlights the characterization of new crop viral diseases; highly sensitive, robust diagnostics and their application; and new management tools to mitigate viral diseases. Contributions on novel highly sensitive user-friendly diagnostic assays, high-throughput sequencing-based virome, and management using conventional and modern approaches are welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Virendra Kumar Baranwal
Dr. Alangar Ishwara Bhat
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging and transboundary plant viral diseases
- diagnostics
- on-site diagnosis and decision making
- virus disease cycle
- double-stranded RNA for virus management
- gene editing
- management
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