Fungal Pathogens of Crops
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 19449
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fungal pathogens represent a significant biotic constraint for crop production worldwide. It is estimated that fungi and fungi-like organisms cause >70% of microbial-associated quantitative and qualitative plant losses. This Special Issue of Pathogens, "Fungal Pathogens of Crops", seeks impactful contributions covering the major fungal or fungal-like pathogens of large- and small-grain cereals, oil, and fiber crops. The studied pathogens may be from groups including the plasmodiophorids, oomycetes, chytrids, zygomycetes, ascomycetes, or basidiomycetes. Diseases of various plant parts, symptomology and disease severity assessment, descriptions of breeding for vertical or horizontal disease resistance, pathophysiology, and molecular plant–microbe interaction studies are acceptable topics for this Special Issue. Given the importance of climate change, papers that integrate abiotic stressors such as drought, high temperature, and flooding with fungal pathogenesis are of value.
Dr. Christopher R. Little
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fungal pathogens
- fungi
- crops
- crop loss
- plant disease
- abiotic stress
- climate change
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