Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM)
A section of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524).
Section Information
The Section Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM) publishes original manuscripts on the causes, mechanisms, and control of plant diseases in horticultural crops including vegetables, fruit trees, vines, berries, ornamental shrubs and trees, flowers, and aromatic and medicinal plants.
Plant diseases severely limit the yield, quality, longevity, and/or aesthetics of all types of horticultural plants. The Section PPDM welcomes submissions describing fundamental and applied research on all plant pathogen types and in all domains of plant pathology (e.g., disease etiology, diagnosis, ecology and epidemiology, plant–pathogen interactions, host resistance, and disease management). All manuscripts received will be judged based on scientific merit and quality of presentation. The editorial board will provide authors with a rapid and helpful peer review, and the open-access format of Horticulturae ensures rapid publication of accepted articles, excellent author services, broad readership, and high impact.
In particular, PPDM welcomes contributions by early-career researchers and proposals for review topics. In addition, we invite senior scientists to initiate and serve as Guest Editors of new Special Issues on timely topics.
Keywords
- Bacteriology
- Biological control
- Chemical control
- Cultural control
- Disease detection and diagnosis
- Disease ecology and epidemiology
- Etiology
- Host resistance
- Integrated disease management
- Mycology and fungal biology
- Nematology
- Oomycetes
- Plant–microbe interactions
- Soilborne diseases
- Virology
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Mitigating Soil-Borne Diseases in Horticultural Crops: Current Challenges and Management Strategies (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- New Challenge of Fungal Pathogens of Horticultural Crops (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Plant Disease Management and Pathogens Control in Horticulture (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Detection and Prevention of Fungal Pathogens in Horticultural Products (Deadline: 16 January 2025)
- Advances in Disease Diagnostics and Pathogen Biocontrol of Horticulture Crops (Deadline: 25 January 2025)
- Recent Scientific Developments in the Pathology of Horticultural Plants (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Plant–Microbial Interactions: Mechanisms and Impacts (Deadline: 21 February 2025)
- Vegetable and Fruit Postharvest Physiology and Diseases (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Postharvest Disease Management in Horticultural Crops: Recent Developments and Insights (Deadline: 30 March 2025)
- Biological Control of Pre and Postharvest Diseases II (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Sustainable Management of Pathogens in Horticultural Crops (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Emerging Technologies and Integrated Approaches for Horticultural Plant Disease Management (Deadline: 5 June 2025)
- Horticultural Plant Disease Management Using Advanced Biotechnology (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Fungal Diseases in Horticultural Crops (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Fungal Diseases and Pathogens Affecting Horticultural Crops: New Challenges (Deadline: 10 August 2025)
