Dear Attendees
Welcome to the 11th Edition of the Global Congress on Plant Biology and Biotechnology, scheduled to take place in Singapore from March 18–20, 2027. Improving production of food crops in the world requires reliable knowledge of chemicals used in agriculture. Among the major groups of chemicals used in agriculture are pesticides, which are used to protect crops against pests, including insect pests, pathogens, and weeds. Over the past 50 years, the development of resistance in pests to agricultural pesticides has become so widespread that scientists have had to develop strategies to prevent the loss of pesticide effectiveness, particularly for those with narrow but important modes of action. Approximately 70% of plant diseases are caused by fungi. The development of resistance in a high-risk plant pathogen managed with a high-risk fungicide is nine times higher than when a low-risk pathogen is managed with a low-risk fungicide. Preventing and minimizing the development of resistance in fungal plant pathogens to fungicides will be discusse.

