''Molecular Plant Pathology'' is a monthly

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published by

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on behalf of the British Society for Plant Pathology. It was established in January 2000 by

Gary D. Foster Gary D. Foster is a British phytopathologist. Education Gary Foster was educated at Banbridge Academy from 1976-1983. Foster then read microbiology at Queen's University Belfast, graduating in 1986. Four years later, he received a doctorate fro ...

, University of Bristol, who acted as

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from 2000 to 2012. The journal covers research concerning

plant pathology Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...

, in particular its

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aspects such as plant-pathogen interactions. The current editor-in-chief is

Ralph A. Dean Ralph A. Dean is a phytopathologist. Dean earned a bachelor's of science degree from the University of London in 1980 and completed his doctorate at the University of Kentucky in 1986. Upon completing postdoctoral research at the University of Geor ...

(

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). The journal had a 2017

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of 4.188, ranking it 17th out of 223 journals in the category "Plant Sciences". The journal became

in January 2019.

Chief editors

(2000–2012) * Martin B. Dickman (2012–2017) *

(since 2017)

References

External links

* Phytopathology Wiley-Blackwell academic journals Botany journals English-language journals Publications established in 2000 9 times per year journals {{Botany-journal-stub