Plant Response to Insects and Microbes
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 21731
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Interests: plant-pest interactions; transcriptome; metabolome; evolution; two-spotted spider mite
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Dear Colleagues,
Interactions between plants and organisms that attack them is an ever-evolving study subject that continues to pique the interest of a growing number of scientists with diverse research backgrounds. The evolution of plant defense responses is tightly interlinked with the evolution of attackers. A successful plant defense response relies on the early detection of an intruder, the quick activation of immediate defenses, and the establishment of long-term resistance to biotic stress. A successful attack, in turn, relies on evading, overcoming, or suppressing these mechanisms.
This Special Issue on “Plant Response to Microbes and Insects” is open to all researchers studying these interactions at any level or time scale from either plant or biotic stressor side. Original research articles and review papers dealing with the advancement and current understanding of diverse aspects of plant interactions with biotic stressors are welcome.
Dr. Vladimir Zhurov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plants
- defense response
- arthropods
- bacteria
- fungi
- viruses
- biotic stress
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