All of the articles published in our journal are in an open access format, offering our readers free and unlimited access to the full texts. We welcome you to read the Editor’s Choice Articles published in 2024 in the Section “Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions”, which are listed below:
1. “Chemically Mediated Plant–Plant Interactions: Allelopathy and Allelobiosis”
by Chui-Hua Kong, Zheng Li, Feng-Li Li, Xin-Xin Xia and Peng Wang
Plants 2024, 13(5), 626; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13050626
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/5/626
2. “Nematicidal Activity of Phytochemicals against the Root-Lesion Nematode Pratylenchus penetrans”
by Pedro Barbosa, Jorge M. S. Faria, Tomás Cavaco, Ana Cristina Figueiredo, Manuel Mota and Cláudia S. L. Vicente
Plants 2024, 13(5), 726; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13050726
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/5/726
3. “Global Transcriptome Analysis of the Peach (Prunus persica) in the Interaction System of Fruit–Chitosan–Monilinia fructicola”
by Polina C. Tsalgatidou, Anastasia Boutsika, Anastasia G. Papageorgiou, Andreas Dalianis, Maria Michaliou, Michael Chatzidimopoulos, Costas Delis, Dimitrios I. Tsitsigiannis, Epaminondas Paplomatas, and Antonios Zambounis
Plants 2024, 13(5), 567; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13050567
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/5/567
4. “Plant Growth Promotion and Plant Disease Suppression Induced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Strain GD4a”
by Piao Yang, Pu Yuan, Wenshan Liu, Zhenzhen Zhao, Matthew C. Bernier, Chunquan Zhang, Ashna Adhikari, Stephen Obol Opiyo, Lijing Zhao, Fredrekis Banks and Ye Xia
Plants 2024, 13(5), 672; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13050672
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/5/672
5. “Diversity of the Maize Root Endosphere and Rhizosphere Microbiomes Modulated by the Inoculation with Pseudomonas fluorescens UM270 in a Milpa System”
by Blanca Rojas-Sánchez, Hugo Castelán-Sánchez, Esmeralda Y. Garfias-Zamora and Gustavo Santoyo
Plants 2024, 13(7), 954; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13070954
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/7/954
6. “Effects of Essential Oils on Biological Characteristics and Potential Molecular Targets in Spodoptera frugiperda”
by Júlia A. C. Oliveira, Letícia A. Fernandes, Karolina G. Figueiredo, Eduardo J. A. Corrêa, Leonardo H. F. Lima, Dejane S. Alves, Suzan K. V. Bertolucci and Geraldo A. Carvalho
Plants 2024, 13(13), 1801; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13131801
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/13/1801
7. “Next Generation Sequencing, and Development of a Pipeline as a Tool for the Detection and Discovery of Citrus Pathogens to Facilitate Safer Germplasm Exchange”
by Manjunath Keremane, Khushwant Singh, Chandrika Ramadugu, Robert R. Krueger and Todd H. Skaggs
Plants 2024, 13(3), 411; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13030411
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/3/411
8. “CaMAPK1 Plays a Vital Role in the Regulation of Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum Infection and Tolerance to Heat Stress”
by Lanping Shi, Wei Shi, Zhengkun Qiu, Shuangshuang Yan, Zhiqin Liu and Bihao Cao
Plants 2024, 13(13), 1775; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13131775
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/13/1775
9. “Potyviral Helper-Component Protease: Multifaced Functions and Interactions with Host Proteins”
by Veronika Hýsková, Kateřina Bělonožníková, Josef Chmelík, Hana Hoffmeisterová, Noemi Čeřovská, Tomáš Moravec and Helena Ryšlavá
Plants 2024, 13(9), 1236; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13091236
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/9/1236
10. “Trichoderma virens and Pseudomonas chlororaphis Differentially Regulate Maize Resistance to Anthracnose Leaf Blight and Insect Herbivores When Grown in Sterile versus Non-Sterile Soils”
by Pei-Cheng Huang, Peiguo Yuan, John M. Grunseich, James Taylor, Eric-Olivier Tiénébo, Elizabeth A. Pierson, Julio S. Bernal, Charles M. Kenerley and Michael V. Kolomiets
Plants 2024, 13(9), 1240; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13091240
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/9/1240
