Current Research in the Control of Plant Pathogenic Fusarium Species
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2025 | Viewed by 521
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular biology and phylogeny of plant pathogenic Fusarium species; biological control of plant pathogenic Fusarium species
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Interests: plant pathology; genotyping; chemotype analysis; gene silencing; gene expression; Fusarium culmorum
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Fusarium genus includes very important phytopathogenic species causing devastating diseases on cereals and vegetables such as head blight, root rot, and wilt. Fusarium epidemics result in a reduction in crop quality and quantity, leading to economical losses. Necrotrophic and biotrophic species are present in this genus, and major and minor mycotoxins including trichothecenes, zearalenone, fumonisins, and others accumulate on feed and food products. The management of Fusarium diseases include different strategies—disease-resistant plant genotype development, genetic engineering approaches in fungi including quelling and gene knockouts, fungicide treatment, antagonistic microorganism usage, and secondary metabolite usage. Even if every strategy has advantages and disadvantages, fungicide treatment and antagonistic microorganism usage seem to be powerful tools to fight against Fusarium diseases. However, plant-derived secondary metabolites, which are ecologically friendly, would take place in Fusarium disease management in the near future. Overall, the effective management of Fusarium diseases still needs comprehensive physiological and molecular investigations, as detailed below.
- Species- and strain-specific characterization methods in Fusarium spp.;
- Genotype diversity analysis in Fusarium spp.;
- Chemotype analysis in phytopathogenic Fusaria;
- Fungicide resistance levels in Fusarium spp.;
- Disease management strategies including novel compounds/chemicals, genetically modified plants, and antagonistic microorganism usage.
Studies including detailed knowledge about Fusarium physiology and genetics would be useful in providing more efficient disease management in the near future.
Dr. Tapani Yli-Mattila
Dr. Emre Yoruk
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Fusarium spp.
- Fusarium diseases
- fungicide treatment
- antagonistic microorganism
- chemotype assays
- molecular identification
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