Research Progress on Pathogenicity of Fungus in Crop

Dear Colleagues，

The demand for food quantity and quality is increasing with the growing global population. Plant diseases have always been an important threat to agricultural production, causing a large number of food losses and reducing the quality of agricultural products annually. Concurrently, plant diseases caused by pathogenic fungi are the most serious among all kinds of pathogens. Accurate identification of pathogens, clear pathogenic mechanism of pathogens, and understanding the interaction between pathogens and hosts will play an important role in plant disease control. This Special Issue mainly focuses on research papers related to fungal pathogen identification and phylogeny, molecular genetics of plant fungal pathogens, fungal pathogenic molecular mechanism, and the molecular basis of fungal crop interaction. In the context of this Special Issue, researches on pathogenic fungal related to fruit tree and vegetables are highly important.

In this Special Issue, we aim to exchange knowledge on any aspect related to the progress of pathogenic fungi, thus facilitating sustainable development of crop production in plant cultivation.

Dr. Hong-Kai Wang
Dr. Yunpeng Gai
Guest Editor

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