Biological Control and Bioprotection Strategies Against Pest and Plant Diseases in Agricultural Crops

Dear Colleagues,

There is no doubt that the use of biological control and bioprotection strategies to prevent pest and plant diseases in agriculture is one of the major challenges of our society in reducing the use of chemicals. Indeed, giving new insights into the use and optimization of these strategies for crop protection by the scientific community are essential to continue in the framework of the ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy. According to the new scientific trends in environmentally friendly control measures, in this Special Issue we are going to consider biological control sensu stricto for the use of beneficial microorganisms, and the term bioprotection for the use of the remaining natural solutions such as organic amendments, biostimulants, plant extracts, or resistance host inducers, among others. To this end, the present Special Issue of Plants will bring together a collection of research papers on crop protection and targeted reviews of biocontrol sensu lato, including studies about potential environmentally friendly strategies to prevent pest and plant diseases in agricultural crops.

Dr. Carlos Agustí-Brisach
Dr. Eugenio Llorens
Guest Editors

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