Change in Licence Policy for CAAS Journals
We would like to inform you that the journals published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) will change their licence policy. All articles submitted to CAAS journals from 2026 will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).
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Impact factor (WoS):
2025: 1.0
Q3 – Agronomy
Q4 – Plant Sciences
5-year Impact factor: 1.4
SCImago Journal Rank (SCOPUS):
Plant Protection Science
- ISSN 1212-2580 (Print)
- ISSN 1805-9341 (On-line)
An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Founded in 1921 (by 1997 under the title Ochrana rostlin).
- The journal is administered by an international Editorial Board
- Editor-in-Chief: prof. Ing. Aleš Lebeda, DrSc.
- Co-editor: prof. Ing. Radovan Pokorný, Ph.D.
- Executive Editor: Ing. Eva Karská
- Technical Editor: Ing. Bc. Ilona Adamírová
- The journal is published quarterly
Aims & Scope
original papers, short communications, critical reviews, personal news, and book reviews covering all areas of diseases and pests of plants, weeds and plant protection. Articles are published in English.
Current issue
Flavonoids as bio-insecticides: Harnessing plant metabolites as a biochemical shield against insectsReview
Thamaraikannan Sivakumar, Sunilkumar Devanathan, Parthasarathi Ganesan, Kavithamani Duraisamy, Murugan Marimuthu, Vellaikumar Sampathrajan, Karthikeyan Adhimoolam, Senthil Natesan
Plant Protect. Sci., 2026, 62(3):191-209 | DOI: 10.17221/56/2025-PPS 
The global decline in crop production poses a significant threat to food security, particularly in the context of a growing human population. Among various environmental constraints on agriculture, biotic stress, particularly that caused by insect pests, remains a major reason for yield losses. Traditionally, synthetic pesticides have been used to manage insect infestations; however, their excessive and non-targeted application has raised serious concerns regarding environmental pollution, adverse health effects, and the accelerated development of pesticide-resistant pest populations. In this context, plant-derived biocactive compounds, particularly...
Herbicide resistant grain sorghum: Opportunities and challengesReview
Raghavi Gnanasekaran, Lakshmi Narayanan Subramanian, Gunasekaran Mahalingam, Raveendran Muthurajan, Sudha Manickam, Senthil Alagarswamy, Manoharan Solaisamy
Plant Protect. Sci., 2026, 62(3):210-228 | DOI: 10.17221/181/2024-PPS
Focus on impoverished crops for sustainable food and nutritional security, especially sorghum, becomes increasingly important in the changing climate regime. Grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) is a vital cereal crop that could endure an array of biotic and abiotic stresses and is well-suited to arid ecological zones. Sorghum productivity is hindered by intense competition with weeds. However, conventional herbicide use, particularly Acetolactate Synthase (ALS) and Acetyl CoA Carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors, has led to the development of herbicide-tolerant weeds. Developing herbicide-tolerant sorghum offers an effective strategy to manage weeds...
Role of the Arabidopsis At2g21490 dehydrin gene in enhancing tolerance to copper and zinc stress in transgenic tobacco plantsOriginal Paper
Eva Boszorádová, Mária Švecová, Peter Nemeček, Petra Ranušová, Milan Karas, Jana Moravčíková
Plant Protect. Sci., 2026, 62(3):229-238 | DOI: 10.17221/12/2025-PPS
We studied the role of the Arabidopsis At2g21490 (DH2) histidine-rich dehydrin gene in plant responses to copper and zinc stress. Transgenic plants overexpressing the DH2 gene were generated via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Progeny from both transgenic and non-transgenic (control) plants were cultivated hydroponically and subjected to short-term stress (100 µM CuCl2 or 200 µM ZnCl2 for 24 h) before analysis. The differences observed between transgenic and non-transgenic plants in the expression of phytochelatin synthase (NtPCS) and certain metal transporters (NtMTP1A, NtMTP1B, NtHMA_A, and NtHMA_B) suggest that...
Characterisation of Colletotrichum species associated with anthracnose disease in red chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in the South of Vietnam and the effectiveness of the consortium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Pseudomonas fluorescens Original Paper
Vo Thi Ngoc Ha, Huynh Thuong Vuong, Tran Bao Thang, Huynh Thanh Hung
Plant Protect. Sci., 2026, 62(3):239-251 | DOI: 10.17221/41/2025-PPS
Anthracnose is one of the most destructive diseases that limits pepper production and quality worldwide. In this study, the causal agent of anthracnose in red chilli pepper in Southern Vietnam was collected and identified based on morphological characteristics and multilocus sequence regions (ITS, β-tubulin, GPDH, ACT). The antifungal activity of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Pseudomonas fluorescens was evaluated in vitro and in vivo under greenhouse conditions. The results revealed that the morphological analysis categorised the Colletotrichum isolates into three species: C. acutatum,...
Life table and development parameters of green peach aphid [Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)] at six different temperatures on pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)Original Paper
Furkan Harun Bas, Mehmet Salih Özgökçe
Plant Protect. Sci., 2026, 62(3):252-267 | DOI: 10.17221/96/2025-PPS
The green peach aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is an essential pest of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). This study was conducted in 2015–2016. In this study, we collected data using 1 linear and 6 non-linear temperature-dependent development models, development parameters, and a life table of M. persicae at 6 different temperatures (18 °C, 22 °C, 25 °C, 28 °C, 30 °C, and 32 °C) on pepper. The development threshold temperature was 3.9 °C, and the thermal constant was 174.0 degree/day. The minimum, optimum, and maximum growth temperatures were calculated as 14.27 °C, 27.5 °C, and 35.5 °C, respectively....
Bionomics of wheat seed gall nematode Anguina triticiOriginal Paper
Manish Kumar, Matiyar Rahaman Khan, Ajay Singh Sindhu, Arti Kumari, Swathi Karthika, Bharat Gawade, Swathi Karthika Koottiyattil Sasisankar, Ashish Kumar Singh, Vishal Singh Somvanshi, Anil Sirohi
Plant Protect. Sci., 2026, 62(3):268-279 | DOI: 10.17221/28/2025-PPS
The wheat seed gall nematode Anguina tritici is a scientifically interesting nematode due to its aerial parasitic behaviour and ability to survive for years under desiccated conditions in seed galls. However, Anguina's life cycle and its correlation with host-plant growth and environment are poorly understood. Here, we conducted a microplot study at IARI, New Delhi, India, to examine the effects of early and late sowing dates on the life cycle of the wheat seed gall nematode using growing degree days (GDD). The study confirmed the presence of juvenile stages in the soft, undifferentiated floral mass and the upper one-third part of...
A green approach: Effects of organic weed control on weed diversity and phenologyOriginal Paper
Sarwan Kumar, S. S. Rana, Gaytri Hetta, Navjot Rana, Graciela Dolores Avila-Quezada, Ahmed Z. Dewidar, Mohamed A. Mattar
Plant Protect. Sci., 2026, 62(3):280-292 | DOI: 10.17221/32/2025-PPS
A long-term experiment in the maise-pea cropping system was conducted in Palampur from October 2019 to September 2021 as part of the All India Coordinated Research Project on Weed Management (AICRP-WM). Ten methods for managing weeds, namely, T1 – hoeing, T2 – raised stale seedbed + hoeing, T3 – stale seedbed + hoeing, T5 – stale seedbed + mulch, T6 – raised stale seedbed + mulch, T4 – mulch 5 t per ha, T7 – intercropping fenugreek in rabi season and soybeans in kharif season,...
Bacterial etiology of leaf galls of oleander (Nerium oleander L.) in PolandShort Communication
Monika Kałużna, Adam T. Wojdyła
Plant Protect. Sci., 2026, 62(3):293-297 | DOI: 10.17221/75/2025-PPS
In the spring of 2022, small, regular, brownish spots of parenchymatous galls on leaves of oleander plants were observed on Nerium oleander L. cv. Emile Sahut. Bacterial isolates were obtained from diseased samples. The 16S rRNA sequence analysis and concatenated data set of housekeeping genes gltA, gyrB, rpoB, and rpoD showed that the obtained isolates are most closely related to Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. nerii. Pathogenicity tests on N. oleander L. (cv. Emile Sahut) plants confirmed the pathogenicity of the isolates. The study constitutes the first report of bacterial leaf galls caused by P. savastanoi...
Preliminary data on Plasmopara halstedii pathotype distribution in central Italy in 2020–2022Short Communication
Andrea Del Gatto, Sandro Nardi, Mauro Dal Pra', Ilaria Alberti
Plant Protect. Sci., 2026, 62(3):298-302 | DOI: 10.17221/17/2025-PPS
Downy mildew of sunflower is caused by the oomycete Plasmopara halstedii (Farl.) Berl. et de Toni. Italy has seen an increase in mildew infections in parallel with the spread of the crop. In the present situation, there is a substantial lack of information that could help farmers and researchers control the disease. The most reasonable explanation for pathogen spread appears to be the genetic variability of P. halstedii. To develop an effective control strategy, we conducted a preliminary test in the central part of the peninsula (Marche Region) to gather data on this variability.