Plant-Pest Interactions
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2025) | Viewed by 1361
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular breeding; molecular diagnostics; virus–vector relationship; cell culture
Interests: vector biology; plant pathogen–vector interactions; RNA interference
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Insect pests cause significant losses to crop plants in terms of yield (20–40%) and economics (~USD 220 billion every year), eventually threatening food security. Both plants and pests continue to evolve over time to suppress each other’s defenses, as they are in a never-ending battle to fulfil their respective life cycles. Understanding plant–pest interactions is not only entomologically important but also essential for the development of sustainable crop protection strategies. Additionally, insect vectors transmit many devastating plant pathogens, and the interaction of vectors with plant hosts is crucial for the acquisition and transmission of disease. This Special Issue invites original research and review articles focusing on various aspects of plant–pest interactions. This Special Issue will help us to unravel the biochemistry and molecular pathways involved in insect behavior, emphasize plant defense responses, and highlight relevant crop protection strategies.
Dr. Sumit Jangra
Dr. Nabil Killiny
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant volatiles
- crop protection
- biotic stress
- signaling molecules
- enzymes and hormones
- transcriptomics
- proteomics
- metabolomics
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