Advances in Plant Biotechnology: From Pathogen Diagnostics to Disease Management
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 35
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advances in plant biotechnology are revolutionizing the field of plant pathology by enabling faster and more accurate pathogen diagnostics and developing new strategies for disease management. Molecular diagnostics tools such as PCR, qPCR, LAMP, RPA, and CRISPR, which amplify specific DNA sequences, are used to identify pathogens based on their genetic material and allow for rapid and precise pathogen detection. Further, plant pathogen detection using biosensors is a growing field that combines plant biotechnology with advanced sensing technologies to identify and monitor plant diseases early on. This approach offers advantages such as speed, sensitivity, and potential automation for field deployment compared to traditional methods. Nevertheless, the application of modern biotechnologies provides novel approaches for plant disease management, including, but not limited to, resistance gene identification through QTL mapping or GWAS and their further introgression using MAS or MABC, rather than expanding up to plant genome modification by targeting disease-susceptible genes and interfering pathogens’ infection and replication using cutting-edge genetic engineering and genome editing techniques such as RNAi and CRISPRi. Thus, more exploratory research on the development of efficient diagnosis, monitoring, and management tools of plant pathogens is needed.
In this Special Issue, we aim to address how different techniques can help us to detect, diagnose, and quantify harmful plant pathogens with more sensitivity, accuracy, convenience, and feasibility. Further, we aim to present state-of-the-art research on the development and field application of molecular tools for the management of plant diseases. Therefore, we welcome the submission of original research and review articles focused on the diagnostics and management of different phytopathogens using biotechnological tools.
Dr. Abdul Kader Jailani Amirudeen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant pathogens
- diagnostic
- isothermal
- biosensor
- RNAi
- CRISPRi
- QTL mapping
- GWAS
- MAS or MABC
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