Frontiers in Horticulture | Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Aug 2026

Development of a robust, deployable loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for rapid and specific detection of soft rot disease caused by Pectobacterium

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Firas Ali Ahmed
Hassan Ali Temur

Frontiers in Horticulture

197 views

Original Research

Accepted on 19 Aug 2026

Evaluation of biorational products in the management of Cucumber mosaic viruses in tomato

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Ram B Khadka
Bimala Panta
Shrinkhala Manandhar
Tirtha Devi Ghimire
Bindu Laxmi Shrestha
Suraj Baidya

Frontiers in Horticulture

249 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Aug 2026

Hazelnut tolerance and weed response to soil-applied pulsed electric field

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Pamela Medeiros dos Santos
Tatiana Benedetti
Marcelo L. Moretti

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2026.1833896

642 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Jul 2026

Sustainable field-scale detection of walnut pests and diseases using deep transfer learning under changing-climatic conditions

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Khalil Ahmed
Mithilesh Kumar Dubey
Shafat Khan

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2026.1833509

1,266 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Jun 2026

Metataxonomic analysis revealed the lack of long-term effects of microbial soil amendments on apple rhizosphere microbial community structure

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Greg Deakin
Tom Passey
Georgina Fagg
Louisa Robinson-Boyer
Samuel Bickel
Xiangming Xu

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2026.1821219

806 views

Original Research

Published on 11 May 2026

Assessing the efficacy of biological control agents in plate assays and field applications to control Cladosporium on raspberry

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Lauren Helen Farwell
Adrian Lee Harris
Greg Deakin
Naresh Magan
Xiangming Xu

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2026.1778140

1,346 views

Original Research

Published on 23 Mar 2026

A hybrid deep feature-ensemble learning framework for robust tomato leaf disease classification using DenseNet121-EfficientNetB0 integration and SMOTE-optimize multi-classifier

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Omobayo Ayokunle Esan
Dorcas Oladayo Esan

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2026.1762580

2,859 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Jan 2026

Maize-based intercropping systems and determinants of practices: implications for the adoption of a push-pull technology for insect pest management in the Republic of Benin

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Dieudonne M. Gavoedo
Yêyinou Laura Estelle Loko
Joelle Toffa
Anicet Dassou
Innocent Djegbe
Eric Tossou
Anges Yadouleton

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2025.1705121

1,876 views

Review

Published on 19 Sep 2025

A comprehensive review of Pseudoperonospora cubensis: biology, epidemiology, and disease management

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Isaack Kikway
Anthony P. Keinath
Peter S. Ojiambo

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2025.1636345

8,822 views
1 citation

Perspective

Published on 23 Jul 2025

Insect pest and plant disease management in horticultural crop production: recent insights provide opportunities for improved control

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Peter S. Ojiambo

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2025.1605035

7,813 views
6 citations

Editorial

Published on 31 Mar 2025

Editorial: The use of volatile organic compounds in sustainable management of pests and diseases

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Andrea Ficke
Joerg-Peter Schnitzler
Qingshan Wei

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2025.1591080

2,404 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 18 Dec 2024

Using microbes to suppress overwintering inoculum of Monilinia laxa on mummified fruits and to protect cherry blossoms and fruit from infection

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Sophia Bellamy
Michael Shaw
Xiangming Xu

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2024.1504505

2,581 views
2 citations

Review

Published on 28 Nov 2024

The use of volatile organic compounds in preventing and managing invasive plant pests and pathogens

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Riccardo Favaro
Miroslav Berka
Martin Pettersson
Gunda Thöming
Carla C. M. Arce
Maria L. Inácio
Ted C. J. Turlings
Jorge M. S. Faria
Thomas Jung
Damien Bazin

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2024.1379997

8,636 views
19 citations

Review

Published on 11 Oct 2024

Future semiochemical control of codling moth, Cydia pomonella

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

E. Charles Whitfield
Michelle T. Fountain

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2024.1446806

9,132 views
14 citations

Original Research

Published on 30 Aug 2024

Conservation biological control on-farm, using VOCs combined with maintained natural border vegetation for a more unerring and resilient biological control of aphids in cereals

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Gunda Thöming

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2024.1440410

4,424 views
2 citations

Review

Published on 26 Aug 2024

Anaerobic soil disinfestation: a biologically-based solution for sustainable crop production

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Shweta Meshram
Ashley N. Philbrick
Tika B. Adhikari

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2024.1436782

8,561 views
9 citations

Original Research

Published on 21 Aug 2024

In planta evaluation of different bacterial consortia for the protection of tomato plants against Alternaria spp. infection and Alternaria toxins presence in fruits

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Paola Giorni
Giulia Bulla
Gabriele Bellotti
Maria Elena Antinori
Maria Chiara Guerrieri
Andrea Fiorini
Terenzio Bertuzzi
Edoardo Puglisi

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2024.1447425

3,199 views
8 citations

Review

Published on 25 Jun 2024

The value of generalized linear mixed models for data analysis in the plant sciences

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Laurence V. Madden
Peter S. Ojiambo

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2024.1423462

15,380 views
21 citations

Review

Published on 25 Jun 2024

Advances in analytical techniques for assessing volatile organic compounds in pulse crops: a comprehensive review

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Leila Makhlouf
Karim El Fakhouri
Seid Ahmed Kemal
Abderrahim Aasfar
Issam Meftah Kadmiri
Mustapha El Bouhssini

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2024.1394041

9,004 views
27 citations

Mini Review

Published on 31 May 2024

“Exploring the synergistic relationship between Pratylenchus penetrans and Verticillium dahliae in potato cropping systems: recent developments and research gaps”

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Abigail Palmisano
Luisa Parrado
Marisol Quintanilla

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2024.1401147

2,799 views
4 citations

Review

Published on 23 May 2024

High-throughput sequencing for plant virology diagnostics and its potential in plant health certification

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Solomon Maina
Nerida J. Donovan
Krista Plett
Daniel Bogema
Brendan C. Rodoni

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2024.1388028

10,811 views
50 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 May 2024

Development and validation of an innovative headspace collection technique: volatile organic compound patterns emitted by different developmental stages of Halyomorpha halys

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Ali Karimi
Jürgen Gross

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2024.1380008

4,900 views
12 citations

Original Research

Published on 07 Mar 2024

Predicting infection of strawberry fruit by Mucor and Rhizopus spp. under protected conditions

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Xiangming Xu
Solomon Agyare
Eithne Browne
Tom Passey

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2024.1373717

4,336 views
8 citations

Original Research

Published on 15 Feb 2024

Synergistic interplay between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and fern manure compost tea suppresses common tomato phytopathogens and pest attacks on-farm

in Sustainable Pest and Disease Management

Sylviane Mbogning
Simon Thierry Okiobe
Susanne Theuerl
Dieudonne Nwaga

Frontiers in Horticulture

doi 10.3389/fhort.2024.1253616

6,220 views
8 citations

35 articles

articles

Development of a robust, deployable loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for rapid and specific detection of soft rot disease caused by Pectobacterium

Evaluation of biorational products in the management of Cucumber mosaic viruses in tomato

Hazelnut tolerance and weed response to soil-applied pulsed electric field

Sustainable field-scale detection of walnut pests and diseases using deep transfer learning under changing-climatic conditions

Metataxonomic analysis revealed the lack of long-term effects of microbial soil amendments on apple rhizosphere microbial community structure

Assessing the efficacy of biological control agents in plate assays and field applications to control Cladosporium on raspberry

A hybrid deep feature-ensemble learning framework for robust tomato leaf disease classification using DenseNet121-EfficientNetB0 integration and SMOTE-optimize multi-classifier

Maize-based intercropping systems and determinants of practices: implications for the adoption of a push-pull technology for insect pest management in the Republic of Benin

A comprehensive review of Pseudoperonospora cubensis: biology, epidemiology, and disease management

Insect pest and plant disease management in horticultural crop production: recent insights provide opportunities for improved control

Editorial: The use of volatile organic compounds in sustainable management of pests and diseases

Using microbes to suppress overwintering inoculum of Monilinia laxa on mummified fruits and to protect cherry blossoms and fruit from infection

The use of volatile organic compounds in preventing and managing invasive plant pests and pathogens

Future semiochemical control of codling moth, Cydia pomonella

Conservation biological control on-farm, using VOCs combined with maintained natural border vegetation for a more unerring and resilient biological control of aphids in cereals

Anaerobic soil disinfestation: a biologically-based solution for sustainable crop production

In planta evaluation of different bacterial consortia for the protection of tomato plants against Alternaria spp. infection and Alternaria toxins presence in fruits

The value of generalized linear mixed models for data analysis in the plant sciences

Advances in analytical techniques for assessing volatile organic compounds in pulse crops: a comprehensive review

“Exploring the synergistic relationship between Pratylenchus penetrans and Verticillium dahliae in potato cropping systems: recent developments and research gaps”

High-throughput sequencing for plant virology diagnostics and its potential in plant health certification

Development and validation of an innovative headspace collection technique: volatile organic compound patterns emitted by different developmental stages of Halyomorpha halys

Predicting infection of strawberry fruit by Mucor and Rhizopus spp. under protected conditions

Synergistic interplay between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and fern manure compost tea suppresses common tomato phytopathogens and pest attacks on-farm