Advances in Pest Treatment and Plant Protection
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2023) | Viewed by 7206
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Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant–pest molecular interactions; plant defense responses against herbivores; plant resistance; pest management
Interests: crop protection; biological control; community ecology; plant-herbivore interaction; plant abiotic stress
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is a pleasure to introduce the new Special Issue of Applied Sciences, titled “Advances in Pest Treatment and Plant Protection”.
Plant damage and yield losses due to pests are a global problem threatening food security, causing critical economic losses, and increasing hunger worldwide. Furthermore, climate change and globalization are two main factors increasing the spread of pests and, therefore, crop protection and pest management are societal challenges requiring attention if we desire to achieve a healthy and sustainable agriculture allowing food access worldwide. New solutions and further research for pest management and plant defense against pests with integrated economically viable, ecologically careful, and safe for human health approaches are necessary and of urgent need.
We welcome original research, reviews, and opinion articles covering all related topics, including (1) molecular plant–herbivore interactions, (2) new technologies in plant protection and/or pest management, (3) genomic tools for plant protection, and (4) field studies of new pest treatments.
Dr. Ana Arnaiz
Dr. Miguel G. Ximenez-Embun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant–pest interaction
- pest management
- plant resistant
- plant protection
- plant defense
- genomic
- metabolomic
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