Molecular Plant Sciences
A section of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067).
Section Information
This section of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) aims to rapidly publish contributions on all aspects of plant molecular biology, at gene, protein and metabolite levels, and to help plant scientists exchange knowledge and increase visibility of their studies toward specialists in other molecular aspects of life sciences. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- plant biophysics, biochemistry, and molecular biology
- plant cell biology
- plant physiology
- plant pathology
- plant computational and system biology
- plant developmental biology
- plant ecology
- plant biotechnology
- plant bioactive phytochemicals
- paleobotany
- forensic botany
- ethnobotany
- plant bioinformatics
- plant genetics and genomics
- plant omics
Keywords
biotic and abiotic stress tolerance; host–pathogen interaction; plant–microbe interaction; plant–insect interaction; plant–animal interaction; plant–environment interaction; photosynthesis; primary and secondary metabolism and metabolites; phytohormones; cellulose; plastids; lignin; bioactives; phytochemicals; nutrition and nutraceuticals; membranes and membrane proteins; traffic and transport; ions and heavy metals; hydro-mineral; signaling and crosstalk; detoxification; redox status; homeostasis; epigenetics including DNA methylation and small RNAs; molecular farming; vascular plants; model plants; crops; bryophytes; algae; bioenergy; phytoremediation; functional foods; markers assisted selection; ecotypes; compartmentalization; bioreactors; proteomics/transcriptomics/metabolomics; omics; biotechnology; tissue culture; climate change; water, air and soil pollution; immunity; coevolution;
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advances in Plant Cell Dynamics (Deadline: 29 April 2025)
- Role of Silicon and Biochar in Plant Stress Tolerance (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- New Insight into Signaling and Autophagy in Plants 3.0 (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Advances in Genetics and Phylogenomics of Tree (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Molecular Advances in Plant Reproductive Development (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Environmental Stress and Metabolic Responses in Plants (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Metabolomics Research of Environmental Stress in Plants (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Plant Responses to Heavy Metals: From Deficiency to Excess, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Molecular Research of Tropical Fruit (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Molecular Adaptation Mechanisms of Photosynthesis to Environmental Stress (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Molecular Characterization of Plant-Microbe Interactions (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- New Advances in Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Agronomic Traits in Crops (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- New Insights in Plant Cell Biology (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Molecular Genetics and Breeding Mechanisms in Crops: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Plant Immunity (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Crop Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance: 4th Edition (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Molecular Research in Bamboo, Tree, Grass, and Other Forest Products (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Molecular Advances in Abiotic Stress Signaling in Plants: Focus on Atmospheric Stressors, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Plant Response to Drought, Heat, and Light Stress (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Research on Plant-Microbe Interactions (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Advancing Plant Stress Science: Omics Studies for Integrated Solutions (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Molecular and Physiological Analysis of Stress in Plants (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Molecular Studies of Pesticide Resistance Mechanisms (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Genetics- and Genomics-Based Crop Improvement and Breeding: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 1 May 2025)
- Molecular Research for Cereal Grain Quality 2.0 (Deadline: 10 May 2025)
- New Insights of Fungal and Plant Lipids: Structural Diversity, Metabolism and Applications (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- The Role of Sugars in Plant Responses to Stress and Their Regulatory Function during Development—3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- New Insights into Plant–Microbe Interactions (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Molecular and Cellular Characterizations: Reproductive Development in Plants (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Plant Nitrogen Metabolism: Current Status and Future Directions (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- The Molecular Research of Plant and Microbial Communities (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Molecular and Epigenetic Regulation in Seed Development (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Uncovering the Basis of Plant Nutrient Uptake, Interactions and Homeostasis: Molecular Mechanisms and Their Applications (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Responses to Light (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Molecular Insights into Plasma in Seed and Plant Treatment (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Insect–Plant Interactions: From Genes to Biochemical Elements (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Formation, Regulation and Affecting Factors of Fruit Quality, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Plant Development and Abiotic Stress Response Regulation via Alternative Splicing (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Advanced Plant Molecular Responses to Abiotic Stresses (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Signaling and Stress Adaptation in Plants (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Molecular Research and Potential Effects of Medicinal Plants (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Recent Developments in Molecular Genetic Breeding of Forest Trees (Deadline: 28 May 2025)
- Long Non-coding RNAs in Plants (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Seed Reserve Mobilization: Unveiling Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Spectral Control of Stress Response in Plants (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Recent Advances in Molecular Breeding for Drought and Salt Stress Tolerance in Crops: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Cotton Molecular Genomics and Genetics (Third Edition) (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Advances in Secondary Metabolites in Plants (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Regulatory Mechanisms of Development and Abiotic Stress Response by Transcriptional Regulators in Plants: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Molecular Insights and Regulation Mechanisms of Tea Quality (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Rapeseed: Genetic Breeding, Key Trait Mining and Genome (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Latest Advances in Plant Abiotic Stress (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Molecular Markers and Genetic Diversity in Plants (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- New Insights in Plant Abiotic Stress (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Transcriptional Regulation in Plant Development: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advances in Fruit Tree Physiology, Breeding and Genetic Research (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advances in Molecular Research on Plant-Fungi Interactions (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Plant Phylogenomics and Genetic Diversity (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Photosynthesis and Stress Signaling (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Latest Research on Plant Genomics and Genome Editing, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Recent Advances in Soybean Molecular Breeding (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Mechanism of Redox Signal Transduction in Plants (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Postharvest Biology and Molecular Research of Fruits (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Nitric Oxide Signalling in Plants (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Plant Genome Editing (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Recent Advances in Epigenetics in Plant Research (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Interactions between Plants and Nematodes (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Advances in Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics of Fruit Crops (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Developing Methods and Molecular Basis in Plant Biotechnology (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Autophagy and Programmed Cell Death in Plants and Algae (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- New Advances in Plant-Fungal Interactions, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Plant Development and Cell Function (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Advances in Computational and Functional Genomics-Based Research on Phytomelatonin (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Current Research on Plant Hormones Affecting Crop Yield and Fruit Quality (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Medicinal Plants for Tumor Treatments (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Nutrients in Plants: Friend or Foe? (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Study on Organellar Genomes of Vascular Plants (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plant Stress Tolerance: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Molecular Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops (Second Edition) (Deadline: 28 June 2025)
- Exploring the Molecular, Physiological, and Biochemical Responses of Crops to Stress (Deadline: 29 June 2025)
- Plant Omics: Sensing, Signaling, Regulation and Homeostasis (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Genetics and Novel Techniques for Soybean Pivotal Characters (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Abscisic Acid, a New Old Friend to Regulate Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advances in Algae Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Understanding the Genetics of Complex Traits in Plants: Association Analysis and Genomic Selection Methods (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Plant and Environmental Interactions (Abiotic Stress) (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Tissue Culture-Free Plant Genome Editing and Transgenesis (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Molecular Advances in Plant Breeding Research (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Genetics and Breeding for Sugar Crops (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Gene Function, Molecular Mechanisms, and Crop Breeding (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Novel Insights into Buckwheat Reproductive Biology (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Genetic Engineering of Plants for Stress Tolerance, Second Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Emerging Insights into Phytohormone Signaling in Plants (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Molecular Research of Abiotic Stress in Plants (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Plant Metabolism and Natural Product Biosynthesis (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Latest Reviews in Molecular Plant Science 2025 (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses of Vegetable Crops (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Research on Artificial Intelligence in Plant Biology (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advances in Tomato Breeding and Molecular Research (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Plant Hormone Signaling (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- New Insights into Plant Pathology and Abiotic Stress (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Biosynthesis and Regulatory Mechanism of Secondary Metabolites in Medicinal Plants: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Recent Advances in Discovery of Microbial and Plant Specialized Metabolites (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Molecular Insight into Oxidative Stress in Plants (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Unraveling Sugar Signaling: Insights into Plant Stress Responses (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Molecular Research in Fruit Crop: Second Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Iron and Sulfur in Plants, 4th Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Abiotic Stresses in Plants: From Molecules to Environment—2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Vegetable Genetics and Genomics, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Advances in Plant Protein and Enzyme Inhibitors (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Advances in Plant Nematology Research (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- Advances in Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology for Natural Product Synthesis (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Molecular and Structural Research Advances in Model Plants (Second Edition) (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Exploring Tolerance Mechanisms in Plants Under Stress (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Gene Mining and Germplasm Innovation for the Important Traits in Rice (Second Edition) (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Plant–Microbe Interactions: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Crop Stress Biology and Molecular Breeding: 5th Edition (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Molecular Research on Gene Editing in Agricultural Crops (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- New Insights into Plant Stress (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Advancing Mycorrhizal Research for Promoting Plant Growth Under Abiotic Stress (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Molecular Advances in Understanding Plant-Microbe Interactions (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Advancements and Trends in Plant Genomics (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Plant Genome Evolution and Environmental Adaptation (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Molecular Genetics, Genomics and Breeding in Field Crops (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- The Plant Phenotyping and Phenomics for Breeding (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Adaptation to Stress (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Nanoscience in Plants: Omics Approaches to Elucidate the Role of Nanoparticles (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Transcription Factors in Plant Gene Expression Regulation, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Molecular Approach to Fern Development (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Plant Metabolomics: Uncovering the Hidden World of Plant Secondary Metabolites (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Functional and Structural Genomics Studies for Plant Breeding (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Modern Plant Cell Biotechnology: From Genes to Structure, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Plant Chloroplasts and Mitochondria: Key Organelles for Sustainable Agriculture (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Solanaceae Biology: From Genetics to Metabolism (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advances in Tea Tree Metabolism and Genetics (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Molecular Research Progress of Cereal Crop Disease Resistance (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- The Role of Melatonin in Plants: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Genetic Diversity in Plants, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advances in Tea Tree Genetics and Breeding: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Plant Responses to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stresses in Crops (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advancing Climate Resilience in Horticultural Crops Through Omics Technologies (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advances in Genetics and Breeding Research in Horticultural Crops (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Molecular Insights into Fruit Crops Development (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advance in Plant Abiotic Stress: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Molecular Biology of Plant Disease Resistance (Deadline: 28 August 2025)
- The Transcendental World of Plant Toxic Compounds (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Plant-Microbe Interaction: Current Status and Future Directions (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Role of Quorum Sensing in Plant Microbiome: Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Plants Redox Biology (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Trees Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Breeding (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Molecular Mechanisms Behind Plant–Virus Interactions: Pathogenesis and Defense (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- New Advances in Plant–Microbe Interaction (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Molecular Research on Plant Breeding (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Chemical Elicitors and Microbial Metabolites: Synergistic Mechanisms in Plant Systemic Resistance Induction (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- The Plant Cell Wall: Structural Dynamics, Functions, and Future Innovations (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Chessboard: How Plants and Insects Outsmart Each Other (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Plant Genomics and Genome Editing, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Responses of Plants to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses: Concepts and Mechanisms (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Antioxidants: The Molecular Guardians Against Oxidative Stress (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Plant–Rhizobium Interaction (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- New Advances in Plant Genetic Research (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Regulatory Mechanism and Network of Abiotic Stress-Response in Plants 2.0 (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Boosting the Production of Bioactive Compounds: Biotechnology and Metabolic Engineering of Medicinal Plants (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Advances in Research for Legume Genomics, Genetics, and Breeding, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Genetic, Epigenetic and Microbiota Molecular Insights for Crop Resilience to Abiotic Stress (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- The Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology Beyond Flowers (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Molecular Advances in Olive and Its Derivatives (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Complex Interactions of Plants with Other Organisms: Particular Attention to Carnivorous and Parasitic Plants (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Wheat Genetics and Genomics: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Plant Breeding and Genetics: New Findings and Perspectives (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Molecular Genetics, Breeding, and Multi-Omics Approaches in Rice Research (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Phytochemical Dynamics: Plant Metabolite Responses to Environmental Factors (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Fiber Plants: Genetics and Genomics, Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Applications—Novel Materials, Functional Foods and Beyond (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Forest Tree Genetics, Breeding and Environmental Adaption (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- From Plant Genomics Investigations to Plant Biotechnology Exploitation (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Damage to Plants and Microorganisms Caused by Heavy Metal Toxicity (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Plant Breeding: High-Yield and Quality, Stress-Resistant Trait Genetic Improvement and Application (Deadline: 29 September 2025)
- Rice Molecular Breeding and Genetics: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Molecular Mechanism and Breeding of Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance in Crops (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advances in Biological Breeding and Molecular Biology of Tropical Crops (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Plant Senescence Under Environmental Stresses (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advances in Plant-Derived Nanomaterials: From Molecular Mechanisms to Biofortification (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Relationship Between Plant Microbiome and Immunity (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Genetic Engineering for Stress Tolerance in Crops (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Plant Breeding Strategies: Employment of Plant Adaptation Mechanisms to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Research on Plant Genomics and Breeding: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Medicinal Plant Resources—from Molecular Studies to Sustainable Use (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advances in Plant–Pathogen Interactions 4th Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advanced Research in Plant–Fungus Interactions: Second Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- The Role of Phytohormones in Plant Biotic/Abiotic Stress Tolerance (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- New Insights into Plant and Insect Interactions (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Advances in Seed Development and Germination (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Molecular Insights into Microbial Dynamics in Agroforestry for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Screening and Identification of Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance Functional Genes (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Plant Resilience: Insights into Abiotic and Biotic Stress Adaptations (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Plant Physiology and Molecular Nutrition: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Advances in Brassica Crop Metabolism and Genetics (Second Edition) (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Horticultural Crop Improvement: A New Era for Plant Molecular Research: Fourth Edition (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- New Insights into Environmental Stresses and Plants: Second Edition (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Progress in Molecular Breeding and Genetic Engineering for Fruit Crop Improvement (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Plant Pathogen Interactions: 3nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Plant Development and Hormonal Signaling (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Molecular Biology of Soybean (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Heavy Metal and Fluoride Stress: Toxicity and Tolerance Mechanisms in Plants (Deadline: 29 November 2025)
- Gene Editing for Cereal Crops (Deadline: 1 December 2025)
- Plant Biodiversity and Molecular Marker Technology: Discovery and Application of DNA Polymorphisms (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Signal Transduction Mechanism in Plant Disease and Immunity: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Integrating Molecular Insights on Plant Microbes and Insect Pests (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Plant Responses to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Nitric Oxide and Photosynthetic Machinery: Unveiling Molecular Mechanisms and Redox Balancing (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- New Insights into Photosystem I (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Advances in Vegetable Breeding and Molecular Research (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Molecular and Genetic Advance in Plant Breeding (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Molecular Breeding and Genetic Regulation of Crops, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advances in Molecular Plant Sciences
- Advances in Plant Cell and Organism Development (Closed)
- Feature Papers in Molecular Plant Sciences
- Genetics and Molecular Breeding in Plants
- Photosynthesis in Plants and Algae: Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Perspectives (Closed)
- Recent Advances in Plant Molecular Science in China 2021 (Closed)
- The Plant Cell Walls and Their Impact on Plant Physiology (Closed)
