Plant Pathogenic Microorganisms: State-of-the-Art Research in Spain

• Other Authors: Fiallo-Olivé, Elvira (Editor), Sacristán, Soledad (Editor), Palacio-Bielsa, Ana (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Microbiology (non-medical); overlapping genes; rate of evolution; begomoviruses; ssDNA viruses; vector; disease; bacterium; Bactericera trigonica; HLB; ethanol contamination; Pseudomonas viridiflava; Phaseolus vulgaris; LOPAT; pathogenicity islands; pectinolytic activity; phylogenetic analysis; sweet potato; mastrevirus; Geminiviridae; infectious clone; agroinoculation; bacterial biological control agents; bacterial and fungal plant diseases; screening; improvement; synthetic peptides; pathogenic bacteria; biopesticides; lytic peptides; plant defense; risk assessment; phytosanitary measures; invasive pathogens; vector-borne disease; Philaenus spumarius; bacterial wilt; global warming; environmental stress; VBNC; pathogenicity; Citrus; xanthomonads; bacterial motility; MCPs; methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins; Alternaria leaf blotch; Alternaria fruit spot; Trichoderma; spore release; inoculum management; Lasiodiplodia brasiliensis; Neofusicoccum australe; Neofusicoccum cryptoaustrale; Neofusicoccum stellenboschiana; Neofusicoccum luteum; Neofusicoccum parvum; Persea americana; dieback; canker; stem-end rot; n/a
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Pathogenic microorganisms, including fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, and viroids, constitute a serious threat to agriculture worldwide. In Spain, one of the countries with the highest proportion of agricultural gross domestic product in Europe, the agri-food industry is the main manufacturing activity. Consequently, the presence and emergence of microorganisms causing serious plant diseases to economically important crops is especially relevant. In line with this, Spain has an important number of research groups interested in plant pathology, with scientists working on many aspects of pathogenic microorganism-plant interactions, from the basic aspects to more applied studies. In recent years, numerous important advancements have been achieved by scientists working in Spain in terms of the biological and molecular characterization of plant pathogenic microorganisms, in elucidating mechanisms of microbe pathogenesis, plant resistance to microbe infection, and plant-microbe-vector interactions. All these new achievements have provided essential knowledge for agricultural researchers worldwide.The aim of this Special Issue was to provide a platform for Spanish researchers interested in plant pathogenic microorganisms to share their recent results related to microbe-plant host interactions, microbe-vector interactions, microbe-microbe interactions, evolution, ecology, and control strategies.