Plant Protection Science, 2025 (vol. 61), issue 1

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Plant Protect. Sci., 2025, 61(1)  

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification and its limit of detection for diagnostics of plant pathogensReview

Govindan Muthukumar, Ayyanar Kamalakannan, Irudhayasamy Johnson, Pachamuthu Kamaraj, Iyyamperumal Muthuvel, Shanmugam Varanavasiappan

Plant Protect. Sci., 2025, 61(1):1-20 | DOI: 10.17221/62/2024-PPS  

Phytopathology deals with a branch of biology encompassing pathogens that infect plants. Pathogenic fungi, bacteria, viruses, viroids, and phytoplasmas are notorious and hard to control; preventive measures are important for managing disease as early as possible. Age-old management practices are time-consuming and labour-intensive processes. In the past, nucleic acid-based methods, such as hybridization, amplification, and sequencing, have been used extensively for the preliminary identification of plant pathogens. Recently, PCR-based methods have been widely used for the detection of plant pathogens. However, PCR methods are time-bound and require...

Green guardians: Bacterial endophytes in protecting vegetable crops against pathogensReview

Sagarika Medari, Krishnan Kalpana, Muthusamy Ramakrishnan, Aravindaram Kandan, Subbiah Ramasamy, Karuppiah Eraivan Arutkani Aiyanathan, Sankarasubramanian Harish, Andithevar Beaulah, Rangaswamy Anandham, Narayanan Manikandaboopathi, Marimuthu Ayyandurai

Plant Protect. Sci., 2025, 61(1):21-43 | DOI: 10.17221/38/2024-PPS  

Vegetables are considered as the major source for opportunistic and emerging pathogens due to their diverse microbiome. Utilising bacterial endophytes and other bacterial agents to control a variety of economically important plant diseases is vital for achieving sustainable agriculture. Within internal plant tissues, bacterial endophytes form colonies without apparent injury. These bacteria provide several advantages for plant systems, including the direct stimulation of plant development through the creation of metabolites or phytohormones. Importantly, bacterial endophytes play a dual role by safeguarding their plant host through the biocontrol of...

Mapping and monitoring of weeds using unmanned aircraft systems and remote sensingReview

Pon Arasan A., S. Radhamani, S. Pazhanivelan, R. Kavitha, R. Raja, R. Kumaraperumal

Plant Protect. Sci., 2025, 61(1):44-55 | DOI: 10.17221/74/2024-PPS  

Effective weed management relies on frequent field monitoring, which is difficult to perform in vast areas. Integrating red-green-blue, thermal, hyperspectral, and multispectral sensors with unmanned aircraft systems and artificial intelligence ensures better results in managing the weed menace. Since India depends largely on agriculture, it is still a long way from implementing more advanced weed management methods. Mapping and surveillance of weeds in croplands by employing remote sensing will lead to varied herbicide application rates, thus reducing its overuse. This study reviews the practical application of remote sensing methods and unmanned...

Cytospora tristicha (De Not.) Mlčoch comb. nov., a lesser-known pathogen of wild rosesOriginal Paper

Patrik Mlčoch, Michaela Sedlářová

Plant Protect. Sci., 2025, 61(1):56-65 | DOI: 10.17221/122/2024-PPS  

Stem canker of Rosa pendulina, collected in south-eastern Switzerland (canton of Graubünden) in August 2022, was studied in details. The causal agent of the disease was first identified as Valseutypella tristicha (Valsaceae, Diaporthales, Ascomycota) based on microscopic characteristics. The subsequent molecular analysis classified it into the genus Cytospora and indicated that it is identical with C. rosicola, described from China in 2020 based on the molecular data, however, V. tristicha is an older name than C. rosicola, so this has priority. Thus, a new combination of the name is proposed for this fungus.

The potential of volatiles from Brassica juncea seeds against grey mould agent Botrytis cinerea and their effect on storage and sensory quality of spinach leavesOriginal Paper

Beata Kowalska, Magdalena Szczech, Maria Grzegorzewska, Anna Wrzodak, Kalina Sikorska-Zimny

Plant Protect. Sci., 2025, 61(1):66-76 | DOI: 10.17221/44/2024-PPS  

The potential use of volatile compounds released from milled seeds of mustard (Brassica juncea cv. Malopolska) obtained from three different companies was tested in in vitro and in vivo experiments for their inhibitory effect on Botrytis cinerea growth on agar media and its infection on vegetable leaves of cucumber, bean and spinach. In the experiments with spinach, the effect of volatiles from mustards on the storage and sensory quality of fumigated leaves was evaluated. The antifungal effect of the volatiles depended on the source and dosage of mustard seeds and biofumigation time. The most efficient inhibition of B. cinerea...

Toxicity effect of Ricinus communis methanolic extracts against Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae)Original Paper

Sadia Manzoor, Rasheed Akbar, Afaq Hussain, Amjad Ali, Brekhna Faheem, Maid Zaman, Abid Farid, Ijaz Hussain, Imtiaz Ali Khan, Kahkashan Perveen, Najat A. Bukhari, Jianfan Sun

Plant Protect. Sci., 2025, 61(1):77-88 | DOI: 10.17221/46/2024-PPS  

Bactrocera cucurbitae, commonly known as the melon fruit fly, stands as a formidable threat to global agriculture, particularly in the cultivation of cucurbitaceous crops. The adaptability, high reproductive capacity, and broad host range of B. cucurbitae make it a persistent challenge for growers worldwide. Conventional control methods, often reliant on chemical pesticides, pose environmental and ecological concerns, necessitating the exploration of alternative strategies for sustainable pest management. Invasive plants often exert deleterious effects on ecosystems, and the castor bean plant, Ricinus communis, is no exception....

Vegetable Brassicas and Related CrucifersBook Review

Aleš Lebeda

Plant Protect. Sci., 2025, 61(1):89-90 | DOI: 10.17221/204/2024-PPS  

Brassica and related crops are one of the most important and widely growing crops around the world. They have very broad utilization in human activities as fresh and processed food, fodder and forage of animals, condiments and ornamental plants. This group of plants belongs to one of the oldest domesticated crops with very wide geographic distribution and history of growing and human utilization. Brassicas are also very diverse from taxonomical and genetic viewpoint with rather long history of breeding. The First Edition of this book was published by CABI in 2006, this volume received very high evaluation and by reviewers was considered as “an...

Obituary of Assoc. Prof. Ing. Jaroslav Polák, DrSc. (1942–2024)Obituary Notice

Ales Lebeda

Plant Protect. Sci., 2025, 61(1):91-94 | DOI: 10.17221/213/2024-PPS  

With regret, we have to inform the community of plant pathologists, plant virologists, and plant protection scientists. Assoc. Prof. Jaroslav Polák, a former and long-time Plant Protection Science editorial board member, passed away on May 20, 2024.