Technological Advances for Sustainable Management and Biological Control of Plant Pests and Diseases

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Guest Editor(s)

Dr. Muhammad Hazwan Hamzah

Email: hazwanhamzah@upm.edu.my

Affiliation: Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, 43400, Malaysia

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Research Interests: agricultural process engineering, postharvest technology, green energy and technology, environmental engineering

Prof. Dr. Rosnah Shamsudin

Email: rosnahs@upm.edu.my

Affiliation: Department of Process and Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, 43400, Malaysia

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Research Interests: agricultural process engineering, postharvest engineering, food machinery design, food engineering properties

Dr. Maimunah Mohd Ali

Email: maimunahmma@ukm.edu.my

Affiliation: Department of Food Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, 43600, Malaysia

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Research Interests: postharvest engineering, food engineering, image processing, machine vision, artificial intelligence

Summary

Plant pests and diseases pose significant threats to global food security, agricultural productivity, and ecosystem stability. Conventional control strategies relying on chemical pesticides have raised environmental and health concerns, prompting the urgent need for sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Biological control, supported by engineering and technological innovations, offers promising solutions for effective plant pest and disease management while preserving environmental integrity.

This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advances in technologies and approaches that enhance the biological control of plant pests and diseases. It seeks to integrate botany, biological sciences with engineering, biotechnology, and digital technologies to improve monitoring, prevention, and control strategies for sustainable crop protection.

Suggested themes include:
· Innovative technologies for plant pest and disease detection, monitoring, and diagnosis
· Engineering and biotechnological tools in plant biological control systems
· Smart farming, precision agriculture, and data-driven plant disease and pest management
· Development and application of bioagents, biopesticides, and microbial consortia in plant disease and pest management
· Sustainable integration of biological control in crop production systems
· Environmental and socio-economic impacts of technological adoption in plant pest management

This Special Issue welcomes interdisciplinary studies and practical innovations that advance sustainable and technologically driven solutions for global plant health management.

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