Aims and scope
Revista de Protección Vegetal, an organ of scientific diffusion of the National Center for Animal and Plant Health (CENSA), publishes research results in Plant Protection of this and other national and foreign institutions. It is addressed to professionals and technicians related to this activity and related sciences. The Editorial Board will welcome contributions related to Plant Protection, referring to: diagnosis, identification and characterization of organisms harmful to plants, bioinformatics applied to Plant Protection, biology and population studies of pests, integrated and agroecological management of pests, chemical ecology, development and use of biological control agents, multitrophic interactions and pest resistance, studies of damages caused by pests to crops and stored agricultural products, socio-economic studies related to pest management, quality management in the manufacture of microbial pesticides and in the mass production of beneficial arthropods, mathematics and informatics applied to Plant Health, methods of pesticide application, environmental impact of pesticide use and benefits of their rational use, impacto ambiental del uso de plaguicidas y beneficios de su uso racional, field trials of genetically modified crops, invasive pests, climate change and its relationships with pests and biorregulators, agricultural extension, studies of hazards, and vulnerabilities and risks of phytosanitary disasters. The manuscripts, technically valid, will be published in Spanish and English, with a summary in both languages. Authors whose mother tongue is Spanish must submit the manuscript in that language; the journal will be responsible for its translation into the English language. The contributions are doubled-blind peer reviewed by specialists are anonymously peer reviewed by specialists from various national and international institutions that guarantee the technical quality and content of the journal. Revista Protección Veg. publishes articles in different formats: Original article, Review article, Short communication, Editorial or introduction, Essay, Case report, Technical note.