Professor Richard Oliver was formerly John Curtin Distinguished Professor in the Centre for Crop Disease Management at Curtin University, Australia. He is currently an Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. Amongst numerous achievements, he has been a Visiting Professor at Wageningen University in The Netherlands as well as a Past President of the British Society for Plant Pathology.

• Part 1 The Americas1.Trends in fungicide use and resistance in North America: the case of Canadian wheat production systems: Reem Aboukhaddour, Mohamed Hafez and Ryan Gourlie, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada; and Michale Harding, Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, Canada;2.Trends in insecticide resistance in North America: K. Clint Allen and Blake H. Elkins, USDA-ARS, USA;3.Trends in fungicide resistance in Latin America: Eduardo Alves, Federal University of Lavras, Brazil; Adriano Francis Dorigan, Federal University of Goiás, Brazil; Gabriella Alves Ramos and Indiara Carol Lopes Pinheiro, Federal University of Lavras, Brazil; Felipe Rafael Garcés-Fiallos, Technical University of Manabi, Ecuador; and Silvino Intra Moreira, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil;4.Trends in herbicide resistance in Latin America: Rafael M. Pedroso and Ana Júlia F. Dressano, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bianca A. B. Martins, Bayer AG, Germany; Marcel de Melo, Bayer CropScience, Brazil; and Caio V. S. Rossi, HRAC Global and CropLife International, Brazil;Part 2 Europe5.Trends in fungicide resistance in North-West Europe: Monica Höfte and Geert Haesaert, Ghent University, Belgium;6.Trends in insecticide resistance in Northwest Europe: Guy Smagghe, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium and Guizhou University, China;7.Fungicide resistance in Southern Europe: Maria Lodovica Gullino, University of Genoa, Italy; and Giovanna Gilardi and Massimo Pugliese, University of Turin, Italy;8.Trends in herbicide resistance in Southern Europe: Maurizio Sattin, Institute of Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP) – National Research Council (CNR), Italy; Isabel Calha, GREEN-IT – National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV), Portugal; Joel Torra, University of Lleida, Spain; and Ilias Travlos, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece;Part 3 Africa, Middle East and West Asia9.Trends in herbicide resistance in North Africa, the Middle East and West Asia: Maor Matzrafi, Volcani Centre – Agricultural Research Organisation, Israel; and Baruch Rubin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;10.Trends in insecticide resistance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Inusa J. Ajene, Samantha W. Karanu and Fathiya M. Khamis, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Kenya;11.Trends in herbicide resistance in Sub-Saharan Africa: B. J. Vorster, University of Pretoria, South Africa;Part 4 Indo-Gangetic Plain and Southeast Asia12.Trends in fungicide resistance in the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Hiteshkumar A. Solanki, Mohitgiri A. Goswami and Sandhya R. Verma, Gujarat University, India;13.Trends in insecticide resistance in the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Mukesh K. Dhillon and S. Rajna, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India;14.Trends in herbicide resistance in Southeast Asia: Chuah Tse-Seng, MARA Technological University, Malaysia; Norhafizah Md Zain, University of Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia; Goh Sou-Sheng, Malaysian Rubber Board, Malaysia; and Dilipkumar Masilamany, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Malaysia;Part 5 Australia and New Zealand15.Trends in fungicide resistance in Australia and New Zealand: Fran Lopez-Ruiz, Curtin University, Australia;16.Insecticide resistance in Australian field crops: trends, drivers and opportunities for change: Lisa J. Bird, Tamworth Agricultural Institute, Australia; Kym D. Perry, The University of Adelaide, Australia; Jamie E. Hopkinson, Department of Primary Industries (Queensland), Australia; and Paul A. Umina, The University of Melbourne, Australia;17.Trends in herbicide resistance in Australia and New Zealand: Christopher Preston, University of Adelaide, Australia; and Trevor James, AgResearch, New Zealand;