Plant Disease Control: Pesticide Resistance Management and Eco-Friendly Alternatives
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Pest and Disease Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2025 | Viewed by 78
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecotoxicology; pesticide toxicity in animal cells; cell biology
Interests: plant anatomy; plant protection; pesticide toxicity in plant cells; plant extracts
Interests: citogenotoxicity; cell biology; bioformulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The concept of ecological agriculture is a key component of sustainable agriculture, where the use of natural biocidal substances is recommended alongside other non-polluting conventional cultural practices. The knowledge of different groups of medicinal plants with wide applicability in allelopathic medicine has led to the development of modern methods for obtaining natural extracts that can be successfully used alongside classic pesticides in contemporary agriculture. The inhibitory effect of plant extracts against pathogens has been presented in various papers with encouraging results.
In these circumstances, this Special Issue focuses on the development of eco-friendly management methods against early blight. The use of herbal extracts in plant disease management is most significant for being an eco-friendly and cost-effective strategy.
This Special Issue will include the latest research on the use of biopesticides and other bioformulations in the fight against phytopathogens in agroecosystems.
Dr. Alina Pǎunescu
Dr. Liliana Cristina Soare
Dr. Nicoleta Anca Sutan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biopesticides
- bioformulation
- phytopathogens
- plant extracts
- eco-friendly methods
- plant disease
- chorology of plant diseases
- ecotoxicity
- biocontrol
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