Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Jolanta Kowalska (Ecology, Environmental Science)
Department of Organic Agriculture and Environmental Protection
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute
Władysława Węgorka 20, 60-318 Poznań, Poland
e-mail:
j.kowalska@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. Ammar AL-Farga (Molecular Biology)
University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Grzegorz Bartoszewski (Molecular Biology)
Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Dr. Ulrike Damm(Mycology)
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, Görlitz, Germany
Dr. Abdul Gafur (Agricultural Engineering)
Sinarmas Forestry Corp Research and Development, Perawang, Indonesia
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. 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 Szulc(Agronomy)
University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Dr. James E. Throne (Entomology)
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Parlier, USA
Associate Editors
Dr. Iwona Adamska (Plant Pathology)
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland
Dr. Nawres Al-Kuwaiti (Virology and Bacteriology)
University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Assoc. prof. Arkadiusz Artyszak (Agronomy)
Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Assoc. prof. Anna Baturo-Cieśniewska (Mycology)
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Prof. Assunta Bertaccini (Virology and Bacteriology, Plant Pathology)
Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy
Assoc. prof. Beata Borowiak-Sobkowiak (Entomology)
Poznan Univeristy of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Milan Brankov(Weed Science)
Maize Research Institute "Zemun Polje", Belgrade, Serbia
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
Prof. Janina Gospodarek (Biological Control, Entomology)
University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
Assoc. prof. Lidia Irzykowska (Plant Pathology, Mycology)
Poznan Univeristy of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Piotr Iwaniuk (Plant Pathology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Magdalena Jakubowska (Entomology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Magdalena Jankowska (Pesticide Residue Research)
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
Dr. Leila Kashi (Nematology)
Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
Dr. Chetan Keswani (Biological Control)
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Prof. Sándor Keszthelyi (Entomology)
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár, Hungary
Prof. Bożena Kordan (Entomology)
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
Dr. Franciszek Kornobis (Zoology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Assoc. prof. 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. Pritha Kundu (Entomology)
University of Nebraska–Lincoln: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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, Opole, Poland
Dr. Arnika Przybylska (Molecular Biology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, 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. Jalal Shirazi (Entomology, Biological Control)
Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Teheran, Iran
Assoc. prof. Łukasz Sobiech (Weed Science)
University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Prof. Danuta Sosnowska (Biological Control)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Dr. Sebastian Stenglein (Mycology)
National University of the Centre of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Prof. Irena Suwara(Weed Science and Protection Technique)
Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Assoc. prof. Agnieszka Synowiec(Weed Science and Protection Technique)
University of Life Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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
Prof. Anna Tratwal (Integrated Crop Management)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Prof. Jacek Twardowski (Entomology, Agricultural Ecology)
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, 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. Beata Wielkopolan (Molecular Biology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
Prof. Giovani Leone Zabot (Biological Control)
Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil
Dr. Yi Zhou (Plant Pathology, Biotechnology, Mycology)
Texas A&M University, College station, Texas, USA
Assoc. prof. Dzarifah Mohamed Zulperi (Plant Pathology)
UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Dr. Agnieszka Zwolińska (Plant Pathology)
Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
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
Jan Bocianowski, Agata Pruciak
Technical Editor
Tomasz Adamski