Innovative Techniques for Plant Quarantine Pest Diagnostics

Innovative diagnostic techniques play a crucial role in managing quarantine plant pests, which pose serious threats to global agriculture. Rapid and accurate detection of these pests is essential for implementing effective control measures and preventing large-scale crop damage. Advances in new solutions and early-detection methods have significantly enhanced our ability to decipher the mechanisms pests use to evade plant defenses and persist within their hosts. However, challenges remain in fully understanding the complexities of these interactions, particularly how pests manipulate plant immune responses and the ecological and evolutionary dynamics shaping these relationships.

This Research Topic aims to explore innovative diagnostic approaches that deepen our understanding of plant-pathogen interactions and improve management strategies for quarantine plant pests. By elucidating the mechanisms underlying pathogen attack and plant defense, these diagnostics can contribute to more targeted and sustainable pest control methods. Key areas of interest include pathogen detection mechanisms, immune evasion strategies, and the broader implications of these interactions on plant health and disease transmission.

We welcome original research and review articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:

1. Development and validation of novel early-detection methods for pest detection and identification

2. Studies of pathogen-host interactions using innovative techniques

3. Mechanisms of pathogen immune evasion and plant immune response modulation

4. Ecological and evolutionary perspectives on plant-pathogen dynamics

5. The impact of diagnostic innovations on pest management and sustainable agriculture

Article types and fees

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• FAIR² DATA Direct Submission
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• FAIR² DATA Direct Submission
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Review
• Systematic Review

Keywords: plant quarantine pests, molecular diagnostics, pathogen-host interactions, pest detection techniques, sustainable pest management

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.