Advances in Microbial and Plant Biotechnology

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, “Advances in Microbial and Plant Biotechnology”, aims to compile the latest information and innovations in the field of research on the mechanisms of interaction between plants and symbiotic partners, and to identify new prospects and directions in actively developing and demanded microbial and plant biotechnologies in the modern world. Papers may focus on plant biotechnology, microbial biotechnology, or plant-microbe interactions, but submissions on other relevant topics are also welcome.

Papers addressing the topic “plant biotechnology” may include research on cell and tissue culture of higher plants in vitro, plant micropropagation, the use of modern breeding methods, plant genome editing and plant bioinformatics. All directions in this topic should in one way or another be connected with microorganisms.

Papers related to the biotechnology of microorganisms may include those on the research of plant biocontrol agents based on microorganisms; on the application of modern methods of the breeding and genome-editing of bacteria; on the biodiversity, taxonomy and evolution of microorganisms; and on the metagenomics of soil microbial communities.

Papers discussing plant-microbe interactions may include studies of legume-rhizobial symbioses and other symbioses of plants and microorganisms, arbuscular mycorrhiza, microbiome of rhizosphere and endophytic communities in plant-microbe interactions, as well as plant interactions with pathogenic microorganisms.

This Special Issue welcomes original research and review articles that present the latest advances in microbial and plant biotechnology.

Dr. Svetlana V. Veselova
Prof. Dr. Igor Maksimov
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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