Sustainable management of bean root rots using epidemiology (Review article)

Document Type : Pest Management

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Lorestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Centre, AREEO, Lorestan, Iran

10.22092/jaep.2025.370418.1551

Abstract

As epidemiology shows, the description of indicators related to weather, environment, soil, agricultural practices, host plant botany, and pathogen virulence is greatly needed for sustainable and efficient management of plant diseases. For instance, increasing genetic resistance of bean as host plant is accessible according to effective agronomic practices in particular optimal planting date based on multiple interaction of plant resistance, optimum date of planting and soil indicators of root rot disease development. As another example, an effective application of fungicide in disinfecting of seed based on epidemiology not only inhibits risks and over-use of fungicide soil-application, but also reduces chemical pollution of soil and water. In this soilborne disease, it could also benefit from correlation of disease epidemics occurrence with soil biotic and structural characteristics, agronomic indicators such as optimized irrigation and fertilization, weather indicators used to optimize planting date, progression of disease in host plant and its regional distribution. Thus, involving further disease control strategies highly improves efficiency and stability of sustainable disease management. Hence, sustainable management of plant diseases is accurately achievable according to epidemiological science and using predictive models.

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Applied Entomology and Phytopathology
Volume 93, Issue 1 - Serial Number 120
September 2025
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