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Tropical Plant Pathology is an international journal devoted to publishing a wide range of research on fundamental and applied aspects of plant diseases of concern to agricultural, forest and ornamental crops from tropical and subtropical environments. 
Submissions must report original research that provides new insights into the etiology and epidemiology of plant disease as well as population biology of plant pathogens, host-pathogen interactions, physiological and molecular plant pathology, and strategies to promote crop protection.
The journal considers for publication: original articles, short communications, reviews and letters to the editor. For more details please check the submission guidelines.
Founded in 1976, the journal is the official publication of the Brazilian Phytopathology Society.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
DEL PONTE Emerson (2018-2021)
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
SENIOR EDITOR
BADEL Jorge (2018-2021)
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
SECTION EDITORS
ALLENDE-MOLAR Raul
Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, México
Mycology; postharvest diseases; biological control of plant diseases
ALMEIDA Rodrigo
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
Insect transmission of plant pathogens; pathogen ecology and evolution; bacteriology
BARDIN Marc
INRA - French National Institute for Agricultural Research, Avignon, France
Biological control of plant diseases; fungal plant pathogens
CAO, Mengji
Southwest University in Chongqing, China
Virology
CARMONA Marcelo
Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires , Argentina
Disease management of field crops; chemical control
CHAVERRI Priscila
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Mycology
CUNNIFFE Nik
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Quantitative epidemiology; mathematical modelling; simulation modeling
DALLAGNOL Leandro
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Physiology of the host pathogen interaction
DESAEGER, Johan
University of Florida, Florida, US
Plant nematology
FERNANDEZ Diana
French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, IRD, Montpellier, France
Plant-pathogen molecular interactions; nematology; rice & coffee diseases
FREITAS-ASTÚA Juliana
Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura, Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Virology
GONÇALVES, Leandro
State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil
Breeding for plant disease resistance
GOODIN Michael
University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
Virology
HADZIABDIC GUERRY Denita
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Forest Pathology; Population Biology
HAO Zhang
Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Fungal diseases of cereals and grapes; fungicide resistance; population biology, genomics and molecular detection
HÖFTE Monica
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
Biological control and induced resistance for plant defense; host-microorganism interaction
MEDEIROS Flávio
Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Brazil
Biological control; plant-microbe interaction; bacterial diseases
MONTEIRO VITORELLO Claudia
University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Functional genomics and genetics of plant-pathogen interaction
NAGATA Tatsuya
Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
Plant Virology
NAVAS-CORTÉS Juan
Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania
Plant Virology
NDUNGURU, Joseph
Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Cordoba, Spain
Integrated disease management; quantitative epidemiology; soil-borne diseases
PAULA JR Trazilbo
Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais, Viçosa, Brazil
Integrated disease management; soil-borne diseases
PINHO Danilo
Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
Mycology
SHAMOUN Simon Francis
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Canada
Forest pathology; detection and management of forest invasive alien pathogens; molecular diagnostics
SOUZA Alessandra
Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
Bacteriology; genomics of the host-pathogen interaction
SPARKS Adam
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
Quantitative epidemiology and modeling; rice diseases
VAILLANCOURT Lisa
University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
Fungal genetics and biology; molecular biology and physiology of host-pathogen interactions