Nanoparticles: Their Synthesis and Application to Control Plant-Associated Bacteria

Dear Colleagues,

Plant diseases are one of the most important limiting factors of food production. Many important diseases are induced by the plant pathogenic bacteria that cause yearly global high production losses. Environmental pollution can also limit the use of the produced crops, causing serious human disease outbreaks when infected water is used for irrigation. Therefore, the global demand for food production escalates, also ensuring that food security exists nowadays.

Nanoparticles have unique properties that are important for agricultural applications. In addition to their strong antibacterial effects, their potential for timed and/or targeted delivery is also exploitable from their structural properties.

In order to integrate the knowledge related to this field, an interdisciplinary Special Issue of Plants will accept both original research and review papers dealing with the following subjects:

• Nanomaterial applications against phytopathogenic bacteria;
• Nanomaterial applications against human pathogenic bacteria adapted and transmitted via infected plants;
• Production of novel nanomaterials applicable against plant-associated bacteria;
• Targeted and timed delivery of nanomaterials in crop production systems;
• Effect of nanomaterials on the plants and microbiome in crop production systems.

Dr. Tamas Kovacs
Dr. Miroslav Baránek
Dr. Katarina Gasic
Prof. Dr. Jeffrey B. Jones
Dr. Ralf Koebnik
Dr. Mathews L. Paret
Dr. Emilio Stefani
Guest Editors

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