Advances in Studying and Managing Fungal Diseases in Fruit Trees
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM)".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 145
Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to publish original articles and reviews on fungal pathogens causing diseases in fruit trees with a focus on their detection, identification, pathogenicity, management and/or control. The main topics may include pathogen detection and identification using molecular methods (including next-generation sequencing technologies), isolation techniques, strain pathogenicity and virulence characterization employing in vitro/vivo assays, potential biocontrol agents, as well as disease management. It specifically welcomes research on economically important fruit crops affected by significant disease outbreaks. It also emphasizes biotechnological tools employed to enhance host resistance to causal agents (e.g., RNA silencing). Submission of studies uncovering gene expression patterns during infection, virulence and pathogenicity, host specificity and transition mechanisms is encouraged. By combining understanding of the biology of both host and pathogens, molecular biology methods and biotechnology tools, the research topic provides a basis for advanced knowledge in studying fungal diseases in fruit trees.
Dr. Evgeny Ilyukhin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fungal pathogen
- disease
- fruit tree
- molecular taxonomy and systematics
- virulence and pathogenicity genes
- next-generation sequencing
- biotechnology
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