Plant Pathogenic Bacteria in Crops
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 19989
Special Issue Editor
Interests: virulence mechanisms of plant pathogenic bacteria; genetics and genomics of plant disease resistance; microbiome structure and function for plant growth promotion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Stable crop production is frequently challenged by outbreaks of various plant diseases. In particular, numerous species of emerging and established bacterial pathogens cause serious economic losses not only from direct damages to crops but from quarantine practices including trading restriction. In most cases, it is not practical to use antibiotic chemicals for managing bacterial diseases in crops due to legal restriction and rapid generation of antibiotic resistance. Therefore, it is very imperative to develop alternative strategies for effective management of major bacterial diseases in crops based on better understanding of bacterial pathogens, plant disease resistance and environmental factors affecting disease severity.
Study of plant pathogenic bacteria includes diagnostics, etiology, molecular genetics, population genetics, plant-bacterial interactions, disease management, epidemiology, and the recently emerging microbiomics. Integrated information obtained from these study areas is the foundation for developing innovative and sustainable strategies to manage bacterial crop diseases. In particular, recently emerging multi-omics studies provide new insights into the development of novel approaches for sustainable management of bacterial diseases.
This Special Issue will publish original research articles and/or review articles covering current topics in all the aforementioned study areas of bacterial plant diseases.
Prof. Jong Hyun Ham
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- virulence mechanism of plant pathogenic bacteria
- plant resistance to bacterial diseases
- innovative strategies to manage bacterial plant diseases
- plant-bacterial interactions
- major and emerging bacterial diseases in crops
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