Biological Control of Fungal Plant Pathogens

Dear Colleagues,

Crop losses due to fungal disease are key issues plant pathologists and microbiologist scientists must face in the present and, in the near future, to offer sustainable solutions to the world’s demands. The world population is estimated to reach 10.5 billion by 2050, and the total global food demand is expected to increase by 35 to 56% between 2010 and 20250. One strategy to meet the need for new sustainable strategies in agriculture is the insertion of biological control agents in the crop management systems, using products composted by beneficial microorganisms, such as beneficial filamentous fungi and yeasts, and bacteria from rhizosphere, philosophers and endophytes, second metabolites, essential oils, plant extracts, etc. This Special Issue aims to collect manuscripts that present data on the biological control of plant diseases caused by pathogenic fungi. The manuscripts should be in research and review format. The accepted manuscript will address all mechanisms involved in the interaction of plant hosts, pathogenic fungi, beneficial microorganisms and derivates, physiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects, epidemiological studies, integrated management, beneficial microorganism breeding, gene edition, microorganism’s genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. The manuscripts in this Special Issue will perfectly fit within Agenda 2030 and is in line with the One Health concept, optimizing the health of people, animals, and ecosystem sustainability.

Dr. Marta Cristina Corsi De Filippi
Dr. Premila Achar
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Fungi is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.