Genome-Informed Molecular Targets, Pathogen Adaptation, and Antimicrobial Strategies in Plant Bacterial Diseases
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2027 | Viewed by 98
Editors
Interests: citrus disease management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant bacterial diseases, including citrus Huanglongbing, citrus canker, bacterial wilt, and fire blight, present severe threats to global agricultural sustainability, compounded by rapid pathogen adaptation and emerging resistance to chemical controls. While existing general platforms address broad crop management and host physiology, this Special Issue, titled “Genome-Informed Molecular Targets, Pathogen Adaptation, and Antimicrobial Strategies in Plant Bacterial Diseases,” focuses on the intersection of comparative pathogen genomics and mechanistic bacteriology. We invite original research, reviews, and perspectives that leverage genomic, transcriptomic, and evolutionary data to reveal virulence mechanisms, secretion system functions, structural genome variations, and molecular targets for next-generation control. Topics of interest are strictly centered on bacterial fitness and counter-adaptation, including the discovery of novel molecular targets, anti-virulence and anti-adaptation screening, mechanism-based biological control, and novel antimicrobial delivery systems. By focusing on the structural and functional biochemistry of the pathogen, this Special Issue provides a specialized home for precise, translationally driven bacteriology research distinct from generalized horticultural disease management.
Dr. Zheng Zheng
Prof. Dr. Xiaoling Deng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- citrus bacterial diseases
- huanglongbing
- Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus
- citrus canker
- plant pathogenic bacteria
- pathogen genomics
- molecular targets
- pathogen adaptation
- virulence regulation
- sustainable disease control
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