Control of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria with the Lowest Environmental Impact Volume II
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 January 2024) | Viewed by 1570
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant pathogenic bacteria with the lowest environmental impact; plants, bacterial pathogens, and biological control; disease management strategies; antibiotic resistant bacteria
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Dear Colleagues,
Bacterial diseases of plants are very difficult to control and cause significant annual losses on a global scale. Traditional crop protection practices are not cost-effective, and chemicals have limited access and bactericidal activity to pathogens on plant surfaces. Copper compounds have been successful, but their extensive use has led to environmental toxicity and the emergence of resistant strains. The use of streptomycin and oxytetracycline has been minimal or even restricted in most counties, in order to avoid the development of antibiotic resistance, but has been recently enhanced in others. Alternative and environmentally friendly strategies for bacterial control are mainly based on the use of biological control agents. Plant immunity inducers, antimicrobial peptides, and nanotechnology products are promising, but their impact is still under debate. For this Special Issue of Pathogens, we invite you to submit original research or review articles, short notes, as well as communications in relevant research foci.
We look forward to your contribution.
Dr. Nikolaos Skandalis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant pathogenic bacteria
- plant immunity
- bactericides
- biological control agent
- nanotechnology
- environmental impact
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