該國際期刊由英國植物病理學學會擁有和編輯，涵蓋了植物病理學的各個方面，在80個國家擁有訂閱者。全球頂級原創研究論文和評論:由真菌、細菌、病毒、植物等離子體和線蟲引起的溫帶和熱帶植物病害;植物病理學的生理、生化、分子、生態、遺傳和經濟方面;疾病流行病學和模型;病害鑒定和作物損失鑒定;以及植物病害控制和與病害有關的作物管理。

This international journal, owned and edited by the British Society for Plant Pathology, covers all aspects of plant pathology and reaches subscribers in 80 countries. Top quality original research papers and critical reviews from around the world cover: diseases of temperate and tropical plants caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, phytoplasmas and nematodes; physiological, biochemical, molecular, ecological, genetic and economic aspects of plant pathology; disease epidemiology and modelling; disease appraisal and crop loss assessment; and plant disease control and disease-related crop management.