Forest Tree Diseases Genomics: Growing Resources and Applications—2nd Edition
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 311
Special Issue Editor
Interests: detection; fungi and oomycetes; phylogeny; whole genome sequencing
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Dear Colleagues,
A large number of fungi and oomycetes are of Tree Pathology. On one hand, fungi and oomycetes are among the dominant causal agents of plant diseases; on the other hand, fungi or oomycetes are also biological control agents of pathogens. Our understanding of the diversity, host range and specificity of fungi and oomycetes has improved with the enrichment of knowledge surrounding taxonomy and phylogeny over the years; however, many unknowns remain.
Fungi and oomycetes genomes are easily obtained, and have been used as models for genome evolution and the reconstruction of the phylogenetic relationship using genome-scale data. In these models, groundbreaking comparative genomic studies making use of these features have already been published. These breakthroughs are leading the way in fungi and oomycetes research.
The aim of this research topic is to collect articles focusing on the biodiversity, molecular systematics, and taxonomy of fungi and oomycetes all over the world. Additionally, approaches to the diagnosis of fungal and oomycete plant diseases, including advances in the field of molecular diagnosis of fungi and oomycetes, are welcome. Research involving diagnostic techniques should demonstrate improvements in diagnostic accuracy and time.
For these above reasons, we sincerely encourage experts and researchers to contribute original research articles, reviews, and communications that address the following topics:
- Phylogeny and diversity of fungi and oomycetes.
- Morphological and molecular characterization of plant pathogens.
- Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and epigenomics data analyses.
- Molecular diagnostics of fungi and oomycetes.
Dr. Tingting Dai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- detection
- fungi and oomycetes
- phylogeny
- taxonomy
- whole genome sequencing
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