Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Natasza Borodynko-Filas (Virology and Bacteriology)
Plant Disease Clinic and Bank of Pathogens
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute
Władysława Węgorka 20, 60-318 Poznań, Poland
e-mail:
n.borodynko@iorpib.poznan.pl
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Assoc. prof. Piotr Kaczyński (Pesticide Residue)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Scientific Board
Prof. Grzegorz Bartoszewski (Molecular Biology)
Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Dr. Ulrike Damm (Mycology)
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, Görlitz, Germany
Prof. Santiago F. Elena (Plant Virology)
Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas, valencia, Spain
Prof. Bernd Freier
Institut für Integrierten Pflanzenschutz, Kleinmachnow, Germany
Prof. Beata Hasiów-Jaroszewska (Virology and Bacteriology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Prof. Asghar Heydari (Plant Pathology)
Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Teheran, Iran
Dr. Andrew Hewitt (Agricultural Engineering)
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Prof. Karl Hurle (Weed Science)
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Dr. Thomas Jung (Plant Pathology)
Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
Prof. Mohamed F.R. Khan (Plant Pathology)
North Dakota State University and University of Minnesota, USA
Dr. Opender Koul (Biological Control, Entomology)
Insect Biopesticide Research Centre, Jalandhar, India
Assoc. prof. László Kredics (Biological Control)
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Prof. Per Kudsk (Weed Science)
Aarhus University, Flakkebjerg, Slagelse, Denmark
Prof. Thomas Kühne
Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Quedlinburg, Germany
Prof. Maria López (Bacteriology)
The Valencian Institute of Agrarian Research (IVIA), Moncada, Spain
Prof. Enrique Monte Vázguez
Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Assoc. prof. Aleksandra Obrępalska-Stęplowska (Molecular Biology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Karel Petrzik (Plant Virology)
Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Assoc. prof. Jacek Piszczek (Plant Pathology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Prof. Henryk Pospieszny
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Prof. Baruch Rubin (Weed Science)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Assoc. prof. Zuzanna Sawinska (Agronomy)
University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Marcela Ines Schneider (Biological Control)
Centro de Estudios Parasitologicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE), La Plata, Argentina
Prof. Piotr Sobiczewski (Plant Pathology)
Research Institute of Horticulture, Skierniewice, Poland
Prof. Piotr Szulc(Agronomy)
University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Dr. James E. Throne (Entomology)
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Parlier, USA
Prof. Marek Tomalak (Biological Control)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Prof. Zenon Woźnica (Weed Science)
University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Associate Editors
Dr. Iwona Adamska (Plant Pathology)
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland
Assoc. prof. Arkadiusz Artyszak (Agronomy)
Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Assoc. prof. Beata Borowiak-Sobkowiak (Entomology)
Poznan Univeristy of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Zbigniew Czaczyk (Agricultural Engineering)
Poznan Univeristy of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Kallol Das (Plant Pathology)
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
Assoc. prof. Renata Dobosz (Zoology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Anna Filipiak (Biological Control)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Assoc. prof. Lidia Irzykowska (Plant Pathology, Mycology)
Poznan Univeristy of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Magdalena Jakubowska (Entomology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Magdalena Karbowska-Dzięgielewska (Entomology)
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland
Dr. Przemysław Kardasz (Weed Science)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Prof. Jolanta Kowalska (Ecology, Environmental Science)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Chetan Keswani (Biological Control)
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Dr. Tomasz Klejdysz (Entomology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Franciszek Kornobis (Zoology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Krzysztof Krawczyk (Virology and Bacteriology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Wojciech Kubasik (Entomology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Rafał Kukawka (Chemistry)
Poznan Science and Technology Park, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Karlos Lisboa (Biotechnology)
Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Federal University of Alagoas, Alagoas, Brazil
Dr. Vahid Mahdavi (Entomology)
Ardabil Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Ardabil, Iran
Assoc. prof. Kinga Matysiak (Weed Science)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Julia Minicka (Virology and Bacteriology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Assoc. prof. Ewa Moliszewska (Mycology)
Universitas Opoliensis, Poland
Prof. Joanna Puławska (Bacteriology)
The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Poland
Dr. Tomasz Sekutowski (Weed Science)
Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research Institute, Puławy, Poland
Assoc. prof. Paweł Sienkiewicz (Entomology)
University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Assoc. prof. Łukasz Sobiech (Weed Science)
University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Sebastian Stenglein (Mycology)
National University of the Centre of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Dr. Andrea V. Toledo (Biological Control, Entomology)
Centro de Investigaciones de Fitopatología, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Assoc. prof. Anna Tratwal (Integrated Crop Management)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Yongzhi Wang (Virology and Bacteriology)
Jilin Academy of Agricultral Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
Dr. Przemysław Wieczorek (Biotechnology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Huan Zhang (Plant Pathology)
Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
Managing Editors
Małgorzata Maćkowiak
e-mail: m.mackowiak@iorpib.poznan.pl
Monika Kardasz
e-mail: m.kardasz@iorpib.poznan.pl
Proofreader in English
Delia Gosik
Halina Staniszewska-Gorączniak
Statistical Editor
Dr. Jan Bocianowski, MS Agata Pruciak
Technical Editor
Tomasz Adamski