Plant Mycology and Virology

Dear Colleagues,

Plant pathogenic fungi and viruses are the most important production barriers in agriculture and are economically important pathogens. They are the cause of substantial agricultural losses in different seasons and plants, from seedbed to storage. Most fungi reproduce through spores and contain microscopic tubular cells termed hyphae; fungi could be heterotrophs, biotrophs, saprotrophs or necrotrophs. Fungi produce diseases in plants, including leaf spot, seedling blight, wilting, cankers, galls, witches broom, stunting, and rots in storage. By contrast, plant viruses are intercellular parasites that do not have a molecular mechanism to replicate without a host and which transmit through a vector. Common plant pathogenic viruses include mosaic, leaf curl, poxvirus, dwarf, leaf rool, and bushy stunt virus. Thus, plant mycology and virology are important parts in agriculture.

This Special Issue will focus on but not be limited to fungal and viral disease detection, monitoring, identification of the causal pathogens by traditional and molecular methods, and integrated disease management. We welcome well-prepared manuscripts of original research, review articles, and short communications.

Dr. Narayan Chandra Paul
Dr. Rawnaq Nazneen Chowdhury
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Plants is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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