Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Plant Protection
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 July 2026
Special Issue Editor
2. GREEN-IT Bioresources for Sustainability, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB NOVA), Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
Interests: in vitro cultures; ionomics; metabolomics; nematode pest management; plant nutrition; plant physiology and biochemistry; sustainable agriculture
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Plants will include selected papers from registered participants of the 1st International Electronic Conference on Plant Protection, which will be held online from 2 to 8 March 2026 and hosted on the MDPI Sciforum platform. This conference brings together researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders from varied fields of Plant Protection to share their latest findings, exchange ideas, and explore advanced approaches to safeguard plant health in an era of unprecedented environmental change.
Submitted papers will be subjected to peer review and published with the aim of the rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.
The Special Issue will broadly approach the following key themes:
- Surveillance and Early Warning Systems for Emerging Pests and Pathogens
- Innovations in Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Soil Health and Its Role in Plant Disease Resistance
- Biochemical and Biological Control
- Digital Tools for Plant Protection
- New Genomic Tools for Plant Defense
- Agroecology and Sustainable Plant Protection Practices
- Engineering Biotechnological Crop Resilience
- Climate Change and Plant Protection
Dr. Jorge M. S. Faria
Guest Editor
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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- agriculture
- agroecology
- crop health
- digital innovation
- forestry
- pest control
- pest management
- soil management
- sustainability
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