![]() The availability of new techniques facilitates ever deeper analyses of the genomes of plant pathogens, providing a more reliable resolution in discriminating highly related genetic backgrounds. ![]() Knowledge of the pathogen to be controlled and of its epidemiology is essential to find sustainable solutions to defend crops. The “Farm to Fork Strategy” is placed at the heart of the “European Green Deal” and fixes two targets for 2030, namely, a 50% reduction in the use of agro-chemicals and to alleviate the serious threat to human health and the environment that these pose.Ĭrop plants are continuously under attack by pathogens, both before and after harvest, causing economically important crop losses and rendering food security and safety a big challenge to be faced. ![]() These are regulated at a global level by the Agenda 2030 “Sustainable Development Goals,” which highlight the need to find solutions to feed world population (zero hunger) and to pay attention to the impact human actions have on the environment. This reflects the recent progress being made on understanding the ecology, biology, and physiology of plant pathogens as well as on the management of plant diseases.Īn increasing world population illustrates the urgency to reduce the losses of agricultural production-caused by biotic and abiotic stress-and to consider food security and food safety as a priority. Following the success of the first edition of the Research Topic “ Plant Disease Management in the Post-Genomic Era: from Functional Genomics to Genome Editing”, the second volume of this article collection has been published.
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