The Journal of General Plant Pathology welcomes all manuscripts dealing with plant diseases or their control, including pathogen characterization, identification of pathogens, disease physiology and biochemistry, molecular biology, morphology and ultrastructure, genetics, disease transmission, ecology and epidemiology, chemical and biological control, disease assessment, and other topics relevant to plant pathological disorders.

Editor-in-Chief

Kazuya AKIMITSU, Ph.D.
Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan

Associate Editors
Joong Hoon AHN, Ph.D. 
Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
Adam J. BOGDANOVE, Ph.D.
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Steve BRIGGS, Ph.D. 
University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Brad DAY, Ph.D. 
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Stéphane GENIN, Ph.D. 
French National Institute for Agricultural Research, Castanet-Tolosan, France
Yasufumi HIKICHI, Ph.D. 
Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan
Kazuya ICHIMURA, Ph.D. 
Kagawa University, Miki, Japan
Masayuki ISHIKAWA, Ph.D. 
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan
Koji KAGEYAMA, Ph.D. 
Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
Akira KAWAGUCHI, Ph.D. 
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Fukuyama, Japan
Akinori KIBA, Ph.D. 
Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan
Kappei KOBAYASHI, Ph.D. 
Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
Motoichiro KODAMA, Ph.D. 
Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
Akira MASUNAKA, Ph.D. 
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Fukuyama, Japan
Kazuyuki MISE, Ph.D. 
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Hitoshi NAKAYASHIKI, Ph.D. 
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Yoko NISHIZAWA, Ph.D. 
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan
Kenro OSHIMA, Ph.D. 
Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
Daniel G. PANACCIONE, Ph.D. 
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
Hiromasa SAITOH, Ph.D. 
Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
Haruhisa SUGA, Ph.D. 
Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
Nobuhiro SUZUKI, Ph.D. 
Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan
Yoshitaka TAKANO, Ph.D. 
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Yukio TOSA, Ph.D. 
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Seiji TSUGE, Ph.D. 
Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan
Takao TSUKIHOSHI, Ph.D. 
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Fukuyama, Japan
Thomas J. WOLPERT, Ph.D. 
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
Sung-Hwan YUN, Ph.D.
Soonchynhyang University, Asan, South Korea


Editorial Managers
Kenji GOMI (Chief)
Takashi FUJIKAWA
Ayako FURUTANI
Kenichi IKEDA
Kazuhiro ISHIBASHI
Gan KISAKI
Susumu MOCHIZUKI
Takeshige MORITA
Yoshiteru NOUTOSHI
Nobumitsu SASAKI
Gento TSUJI
Makoto UENO
Takashi YAENO