Plant Endophytic Fungi and Their Interactions with Plant Specialized Metabolites
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 33
Special Issue Editor
Interests: phytochemistry; metabolomics; endophytes; plant-fungal interactions; glucosinolates
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is devoted to publishing research papers on interactions between plant endophytes and plant specialized metabolites, including volatiles (VOCs). Therefore, we invite manuscripts that report original research on (1) metabolome–microbial community correlation studies conducted on fields, in greenhouses or other suitable setups; (2) single-strain or SynCom endophyte inoculation studies in plants, including studies with pathogenesis models; (3) in vitro effects of plant specialized metabolites, plant extracts or plants on endophytic fungi from growth inhibition to transcriptomics and metabolomics; (4) biotransformation of plant specialized metabolites by endophytic fungi, etc. Reports on crops and medicinal plants are especially welcome. Regarding endophytes, papers on filamentous fungi and yeasts (including model organisms) will all be considered.
Before submission, please ensure that your manuscript complies with the following: (1) endophytic strains have been identified with widely accepted genetical barcodes (genus or species level); (2) the study employs chemically well-defined compounds or the used plant extracts have been well characterized; (3) provides adequate usage of statistical methods with false positive discovery rates adjusted when appropriate; (4) the paper provides enough details regarding the identification of the plant material (include the cultivar for crops).
Please note that the following papers will not be considered for review: (1) studies using uncharacterized plant extracts; (2) studies using plant extracts characterized with spectrophotometric assays such as antioxidant capacity assays and total flavonoids assays only; (3) studies on unidentified endophytic strains; (4) transcriptomics-only studies with no chemical analysis carried out.
Dr. Sandor Gonda
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant metabolomics
- endophytic fungi
- elicitation
- plant–microbe interaction
- SynCom
- natural products
- plant microbiome
- plant holobiont
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