Physiological, Biochemical and Ecological Effects of Diseases on Plants

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit short communications, research, or review articles to the Special Issue entitled “Physiological, Biochemical and Ecological Effects of Diseases on Plants”.

Plants are constantly exposed to different types of stress with a wide range of effects on plant development and growth, usually categorised as abiotic or biotic stress. Biotic stress results from infections by different types of pathogens that induce specific host defence mechanisms. In their natural habitat, plants are usually exposed to more than one type of stress, so plant diseases are associated with a specific combination of environmental factors that can alter the plant’s responses to pathogen attack and vice versa. Studying the complexity of plant diseases is equally important in both cultivated and wild species. Detailed knowledge of plant–pathogen interactions and the effects of plant diseases is required in agronomy and forestry for efficient disease control management, while studies in natural populations provide insight into the ecological implications of plant diseases and the effects of phytopathogens on plant distribution, diversity and evolution. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to bring together the latest research on the effects of disease on plants at different levels, from physiological and biochemical changes in specific genotypes to broad ecological effects on plant species and ecosystems.

Dr. Zorana Katanić
Dr. Rosemary Vuković
Dr. Mirna Ćurković-Perica
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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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