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