Forest Protection: Plant–Microbe Interactions, Risk Assessments, and Management Strategies
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 16
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular pathogenic mechanisms and genetic variation of pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus); bioinformatics and molecular biology; genes or splicing variants; pathogenicity; the SNPs variations among B. xylophilus populations
Interests: spatial and temporal patterns of airborne fungi; relationships of airborne fungi and air quality; characterization of airborne fungal spores; indoor fungal diversity; sampling strategy of indoor fungi investigation; indoor fungal ecology; biosystematics of hyphomycetes
Interests: plant pathology and biological control; phytopathogenic agents; phytopathogenic fungi and pine-parasitic nematodes; Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; the infection mechanisms; population dynamics; host interactions of pathogens
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is known that almost all plants are inevitably interacted with by various microbes during their life cycle. Understanding how these microbes exert harmful or beneficial effects on their hosts at the molecular, physiological, and ecological levels is critical for developing corresponding management strategies. This Special Issue aims to compile multidisciplinary research relevant to forest protection, including, but not limited to, pathological, symbiotic, beneficial, and associative interactions of microbes (pathogens, pests and beneficial microbes); potential risk assessments based on ecological niche model; and management strategies using cutting-edge approaches. We welcome original research articles, reviews, and brief communications that utilize various research techniques (genetics, genomics, molecular biology, biochemistry, and ecological niche modeling) to elucidate mechanisms underlying plant interactions with other organisms, assess potential risk posed by pathological microbes, and establish effective management strategies.
Dr. Xiaolei Ding
Dr. DeWei Li
Dr. Lifeng Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forest protection
- pathogens
- molecular biology
- biochemistry
- plant–microbe interactions
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