Perspectives and Challenges for Sustainable Management of Fruit and Foliar Diseases
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 16069
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant disease epidemiology; biocontrol agents; biocontrol
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Dear Colleagues,
We are currently facing difficult and changing times. On the one hand, it is increasingly urgent to improve crop protection strategies, in order to minimize the losses caused by diseases. On the other hand, many agricultural systems still depend on a great number of fungicide applications per season to control fruit and foliar diseases, which may result in an environmental threat.
The Special Issue aims to solicit original contributions from academics and researchers to create a roadmap on future perspectives and challenges that should be faced in this context on various crops. The editors encourage contributions related to precision agriculture, monitoring tools, such as forecasting models and decision support systems, as well as innovative insights into biocontrol. Contributions aiming to assess or evaluate innovative management strategies, particularly focusing on a holistic approach, will also be considered. The scope of submission includes original research and review articles that address the issues raised above.
Dr. Tito Caffi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant disease protection
- biological control
- integrated pest management
- biocontrol agents
- disease monitoring
- disease forecasting
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