Yu-Qing Bai , Hui Li , Yu Wan , De-Wei Li , Li-Hua Zhu
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Abstract
Magnolia × soulangeana Soul.-Bod. is a small arbor with ecological, economic and ornamental value. In October 2022, a serious outbreak of a foliar disease was recorded in Nanjing Forestry University, Jiangsu Province, with an incidence rate of 73 %. The diseased leaves showed curved, desiccated, and brown necrotic lesions. Five representative fungal isolates (YL 1-1, YL 1–2, YL 1–4, YL 1–5, and YL 1–6) were isolated from leaves exhibiting symptoms. The isolates were confirmed as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides through morphological and multi-locus phylogenetic approaches. Pathogenicity was confirmed through conidia suspension inoculation and fulfillment of Koch's postulates. This represents the first documentation of C. gloeosporioides as the pathogen responsible for leaf blotch on M. × soulangeana in China and worldwide.
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The Editors of Crop Protection especially welcome papers describing an interdisciplinary approach showing how different control strategies can be integrated into practical pest management programs, covering high and low input agricultural systems worldwide. Crop Protection particularly emphasizes the practical aspects of control in the field and for protected crops, and includes work which may lead in the near future to more effective control. The journal does not duplicate the many existing excellent biological science journals, which deal mainly with the more fundamental aspects of plant pathology, applied zoology and weed science. Crop Protection covers all practical aspects of pest, disease and weed control, including the following topics:
-Abiotic damage-
Agronomic control methods-
Assessment of pest and disease damage-
Molecular methods for the detection and assessment of pests and diseases-
Biological control-
Biorational pesticides-
Control of animal pests of world crops-
Control of diseases of crop plants caused by microorganisms-
Control of weeds and integrated management-
Economic considerations-
Effects of plant growth regulators-
Environmental benefits of reduced pesticide use-
Environmental effects of pesticides-
Epidemiology of pests and diseases in relation to control-
GM Crops, and genetic engineering applications-
Importance and control of postharvest crop losses-
Integrated control-
Interrelationships and compatibility among different control strategies-
Invasive species as they relate to implications for crop protection-
Pesticide application methods-
Pest management-
Phytobiomes for pest and disease control-
Resistance management-
Sampling and monitoring schemes for diseases, nematodes, pests and weeds.