Journal of Phytopathology publishes original and review articles on all scientific aspects of phytopathology in agricultural and horticultural crops. Preference is given to contributions improving our understanding of the biotic and abiotic determinants of plant diseases, including epidemics and damage potential, as a basis for innovative disease management, modelling and forecasting. This includes practical aspects and the development of methods for disease diagnosis as well as infection bioassays.

Studies at the population, organism, physiological, biochemical and molecular genetic level are welcome. The journal’s scope comprises the pathology and epidemiology of plant diseases caused by fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, phytoplasmas, viruses, viroids and nematodes.

Accepted papers should advance our conceptual knowledge of plant diseases, rather than presenting descriptive or screening data unrelated to phytopathological mechanisms or functions. Results from unrepeated experimental conditions or data with no or inappropriate statistical processing will not be considered. Authors are encouraged to look at past issues to ensure adherence to the standards of the journal.

Editor-in-Chief
Andreas von Tiedemann
University of Göttingen, Germany
atiedem@gwdg.de

Associate Editors
Adalberto C. Café-Filho
University of Brasília, Brazil
cafefilh@unb.br

Brigitte Mauch-Mani
Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
brigitte.mauch@unine.ch

Dale Walters
Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology SRUC
Edinburgh, UK
dale.walters@sruc.ac.uk

Mark Varrelmann
University of Göttingen, Germany
varrelmann@ifz-goettingen.de

Editorial Assistant
Can be contacted at JPHedoffice@wiley.com

Editorial Board
P. Bakker, Utrecht, The Netherlands
B. Barna, Budapest, Hungary
T. Coutinho, Pretoria, South Africa
E. Duveiller, ArficRice, Ivory Coast
Y.-C. Liao, Wuhan, China
Z. Ma, Hangzhou, China
E. Woo Park, Seoul, Korea
M. Pearson, Auckland, New Zealand
E. M. Del Ponte, Porto Alegre, Brazil
H. Scherm, Athens, Georgia, USA
A. Urashima, Araras, Brazil
M. M. Höfte, Gent, Belgium
B. K. Hwang, Seoul, Korea
P. Karlovsky, Göttingen, Germany
K.-H. Kogel, Giessen, Germany
S. Oxley, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
T. Shiraishi, Okayama, Japan