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This Research Topic aims to collate selected contributions from the “8th International Legume Root Diseases” workshop being held virtually on the 23rd – 26th August 2022,and any original contribution on the topic from non-participants to the workshop.

Legume crop development is a major challenge worldwide for sustainable agriculture and food security. In particular, legume root diseases are economically important, affecting large areas of crop production in many countries worldwide. Root rots, caused by Aphanomyces euteiches, Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium species, and wilts, caused by several formae speciales of Fusarium oxysporum, are some of the most destructive soil-borne diseases of cultivated legumes including pea, chickpea, lentil, soybean, bean, faba bean, lupin, and alfalfa.

While some control methods have been developed, root diseases remain difficult to manage, especially due to the low accessibility of the soil compartment, and most control methods have been hard to achieve or resulted in incomplete protection. Collaborative and multidisciplinary research is needed to develop effective integrated control strategies against these diseases.

The upcoming eight International Legume Root Diseases (ILRD8) workshop, scheduled online for August 23-26, 2022, will host a unique forum to report on recent advances in basic and applied science of legume root diseases and stimulate discussion for scientific progress. The International Workshop meetings on legume root diseases were initiated in 2002. As the community interest in this topic has grown, the meetings have played an important role in the international promotion and discussion of results on the latest research and scientific achievements in this field. They have also been important in supporting the scientific community and helping breeders and stakeholders with applications and partnerships.

In this Research Topic, Original Research, Methods, Mini-review, Review, and Perspective articles, coming from both ILRD8 and non-ILRD8 participants and dealing with various aspects of legume root diseases research, are welcomed. Manuscripts should address the following topics:

• Survey, occurrence, and epidemiology;
• Pathogen biology, population genetics & genomics;
• Plant-pathogen and pathogen-soil microorganism interactions;
• Plant genetics, genomics, and breeding for resistance;
• Integrated disease management.

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