Nutrition, Environmental Stress, and Disease Management of Fruits and Vegetables

Dear Colleagues,

Fresh fruits and vegetables are essential components of a healthy diet. However, a wide range of fruit and vegetable diseases negatively affects their quality and nutritional value. The causes of fruit and vegetable diseases mainly include 1) invasion by pathogenic microorganisms, such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses; 2) abiotic factors, such as climate change, sick soil syndrome, soil degradation, improper irrigation; and 3) weak resistance of many fruit and vegetable varieties. Various strategies have been proposed, including physical control (regulating temperature, light, air, heat, etc.), chemical control (using various chemical agents), and biological control (utilizing plant extracts, biological preparations, etc.). However, with the continuous increase in the human population and higher standards of living, the rise in intensive agricultural production systems, the extensive use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, and the unrestrained utilization of soil have led to the development of resistance in plant pathogens to traditional treatment methods and a concomitant increase in soil-borne diseases. To meet the increasing demand for fruit and vegetable production and to meet quality requirements, it is necessary to conduct in-depth research on the mechanisms of fruit and vegetable diseases and develop more efficient and practical control methods.

This Special Issue welcomes original and review articles in (but not limited to) the following areas:

• New emerging fruit and vegetable pathogens and their control;
• New methods for detecting fruit and vegetable pathogens;
• The mechanism of fruit and vegetable diseases reducing nutritional quality;
• The mechanism of fruit and vegetable nutrition interacting with soil microorganisms;
• New strategies and methods for eliminating fruit and vegetable viruses;
• The mechanism and control methods of fruit and vegetable diseases caused by environmental stress;
• Fruit and vegetable breeding and disease control.

Dr. Yuanji Wang
Dr. Xiaolin Song
Dr. Xinyi Hao
Dr. Songshen Hu
Guest Editors

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• fruits
• vegetables
• nutrition
• diseases
• mechanism of action
• control methods