Edited by: Prof. Jun Liu and Prof. Xiaorong Tao
Plant pathology as a discipline has been developed over one and a half century. We have benefited from the research achievements of plant pathology, by which we are able to deploy knowledge to make a better and healthier life. The teaching of plant pathology in China can be traced back to 1905, the year that the Agriculture College of the Imperial University of Peking was founded. Plant pathology was officially accepted as a subdiscipline until 1921 when the Department of Plant Diseases and Pests was established in the National Southeast University. The Department of Plant Pathology was first established in the Jinling University (Private University of Nanking) in 1927. After that, more and more colleges and universities accepted plant pathology as a major discipline. Looking back on the past 100 years, research community of plant pathology in China has grown up from a small group of people to a large force. Knowledge acquired from plant pathology research has been securing sustainable agriculture in China. Here, we organize a special issue to celebrate the centenary of the formal establishment of Plant Pathology in China.
This series was published in Phytopathology Research.