Fungal Diseases of Cereals
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Microbe Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mycotoxins; fungal ecology; fungal taxonomy; fungal diversity; fungal biotechnology; fungal genetics
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Interests: fungi; Fusarium; mycotoxins; cereals; Fusarium head blight; wheat; barley; qPCR
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cereals are among the most important crops worldwide, providing essential food for humans and feed for animals. Maintaining both yield and quality is crucial to ensuring food safety and security. However, fungal diseases represent a major threat to these goals. Many fungal pathogens, some of which are seed-transmissible, can infect plants at all stages of development, affecting roots, stems, leaves, spikes, and grains. Several pathogens that attack spikes and grains are also mycotoxigenic, leading to contamination that poses serious risks to human and animal health. Effectively managing these diseases is a key challenge for stakeholders across the global cereal value chain. A rational, sustainable approach requires a deep understanding of the complex interactions between pathogens, hosts, and the environment, particularly given the rapid evolution of both pathogens and crops. This Special Issue aims to gather contributions on the latest advances in the study of fungal diseases of cereals. Submissions on topics including global pathogen surveys, pathogen biology, plant–pathogen interactions, diagnostics, resistance breeding, and integrated or biological disease management are welcome, and studies on mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxin contamination of grains are also encouraged.
Dr. Lorenzo Covarelli
Dr. Giovanni Beccari
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fungi
- cereals
- pathogens
- crop health
- disease management
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