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          The
        
        
          Hellenic Plant Protection Journal (
        
        
          HPPJ) (ISSN 1791-3691) is the scientific publication of the
        
        
          Benaki Phytopathological Institute (BPI) replacing the
        
        
          Annals of the Benaki Phytopathological
        
        
          Institute
        
        
          (ISSN 1790-1480) which had been published since 1935. Starting from January 2008, the
        
        
          Hellenic Plant Protection Journal
        
        
          is published semiannually, in January and July each year.
        
        
          HPPJ publishes scientific work on all aspects of plant health and plant protection referring to plant
        
        
          pathogens, pests, weeds, pesticides and relevant environmental and safety issues. In addition, the
        
        
          topics of the journal extend to aspects related to pests of public health in agricultural and urban
        
        
          areas.
        
        
          Papers submitted for publication can be either in the form of a complete research article or in
        
        
          the form of a sufficiently documented short communication (including new records). Only original
        
        
          articles which have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere are considered
        
        
          for publication in the journal. Review articles in related topics, either submitted or invited by the
        
        
          Editorial Board, are also published, normally one article per issue. Upon publication all articles are
        
        
          copyrighted by the BPI.
        
        
          Manuscripts should be prepared according to instructions available to authors and submitted
        
        
          in electronic form on line at 
        
        
        
          . All submitted manuscripts are considered and
        
        
          published after successful completion of a review procedure by two competent referees.
        
        
          The content of the articles published in HPPJ reflects the view and the official position of the
        
        
          authors. The information and opinions contained herein have not been adopted or approved by the
        
        
          HPPJ Editorial Board. The HPPJ Editorial Board neither guarantees the accuracy of the information
        
        
          included in the published articles nor may be held responsible for the use to which information
        
        
          contained herein may be put.
        
        
          For all parties involved in the act of publishing (the author(s), the journal editor(s), the peer
        
        
          reviewers, and the publisher) it is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior.
        
        
          HPPJ follows the ethics statements of De Gruyter journals, which are based on the Committee on
        
        
          Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Conduct guidelines available at 
        
        
        
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            Editor:
          
        
        
          Dr F. Karamaouna (Pesticides Control & Phytopharmacy Department, BPI)
        
        
          
            Associate Editors:
          
        
        
          Dr A.N. Michaelakis (Entomology & Agric. Zoology Department, BPI)
        
        
          Dr K.M. Kasiotis (Pesticides Control & Phytopharmacy Department, BPI)
        
        
          Dr I. Vloutoglou (Phytopathology Department, BPI)
        
        
          
            Editorial Office:
          
        
        
          M. Kitsiou (Library Department, BPI)
        
        
          A. Karadima (Information Technology Service, BPI)
        
        
          This Journal is indexed by:
        
        
          AGRICOLA, CAB Abstracts
        
        
          -Plant Protection Database,
        
        
          INIST
        
        
          (Institute for
        
        
          Scientific and Technical Information) and
        
        
          SCOPUS
        
        
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          Hellenic Plant Protection Journal
        
        
          also available at
        
        
        
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          © Benaki Phytopathological Institute
        
        
          The olive tree of Plato in Athens is the emblem
        
        
          of the Benaki Phytopathological Institute
        
        
          For back issues, exchange agreements and other publications of the Institute contact the Li-
        
        
          brary, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 St. Delta Str., GR-145 61 Kifissia, Attica, Greece, e-mail:
        
        
        
          
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