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Valorization of Mediterranean and African Vegetal Biodiversity: Nutritional, Therapeutic and Biotechnological Aspects

edited by

Adil El Midaoui

Gérard Lizard

, Fouad Seghrouchni and

Norbert Latruffe

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2170 | Submission Open

Keywords: African plants; Mediterranean plants; dietary challenge; Mediterranean diet; phytotherapy; phytomedicine; food industry; nutrients; organelles; aging; age-related diseases; cancer; biotechnology

Secondary Metabolism and Physiological Regulation of Postharvest Fruits and Vegetables

edited by Yuge Guan and Yaru Ji

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2167 | Submission Open

Keywords: plants; abiotic stress; molecular mechanism; postharvest fruits and vegetables; secondary metabolites; enzymatic browning; plant hormone; glycosyltransferase; quality; perspectives in secondary metabolism and physiological regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)

Biotechnological Advances for Crop Improvement and Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Parul Gupta

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2155 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotic/abiotic stress; plant breeding; genome editing; CRISPR/Cas; genetic engineering; mutants and phenotypes; genome evolution; polyploid genomics; crop improvement; omics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)

Plant-Soil Microbe Interactions in Ecosystems

edited by Shuo Jiao and Jie Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2072 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health and productivity; microbial assembly and function; nutrients cycling and availability; plant growth promotion; ecosystem functioning; soil use and managements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant–Soil Interactions)

Plant-Derived Natural Products: Development and Utilization

edited by Suzana Branković,

Dusanka Kitic

and

Jelena Živković

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2009 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant extracts; essential oil; nutraceuticals; natural products; herbal medicine; phytotherapy; phytochemistry; drug development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Plant–Microbe Interaction

edited by Gennady V. Pogorelko

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1969 | Submission Open

Keywords: host– pathogen interaction; plant immunity; effector proteins; pathogen-triggered immunity; effector-triggered immunity; biotic stress resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)

Biodiversity of Plants and Their Use in Biomonitoring and Environmental Protection

edited by

Małgorzata Rajfur

and

Paweł Świsłowski

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1963 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant biodiversity; environmental biomonitoring; environmental pollution; environmental protection; bioindicators

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

Nanomaterials on Plant Growth and Stress Adaptation

edited by

Antonio Juárez Maldonado

and Yolanda González-García

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1957 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; plant growth; stress adaptation; nanoparticles; agriculture; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

Deciphering Plant Molecular Data Using Computational Methods

edited by

Rajeev K. Azad

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1928 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant molecular networks; plant biology; computational data; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Molecular Biology)

Dendrochronology and Wood Anatomy: Revealing How Plants Respond to Changing Environment

edited by

Weiwei Huang

Patrick Fonti

, Biao Pan and Junzhou Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1895 | Submission Open

Keywords: dendrochronology; wood anatomy; ecophysiology; climate change; statistical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

Advances in Plant and Food Metabolomics

edited by

Luigi Lucini

Leilei Zhang

and Pascual García-Pérez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1874 | Submission Open

Keywords: untargeted analysis; biomarker discovery; metabolic profiling; data fusion techniques; cheminformatics; quality markers; fingerprinting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)

Forest Disturbance and Management

edited by

Jie Zhao

, Chao Yue,

Zhiwei Wu

and

Ziqiang Du

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1864 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disturbance; forest management; climate change; climate impacts; sustainable management; vegetation responses; biodiversity; forest restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Development of Biocontrol Products for Plant Diseases

edited by

Luis Guillermo Hernández-Montiel

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1862 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocontrol agents; microbial formulations for plants or fruits; induction of resistance; plant-microbe interactions; disease management; phytopathology; microbial communities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)

Precision Agriculture in Crop Production

edited by Vasileios Liakos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1849 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial– temporal analysis; remote sensing; proximal sensing; variable rate technology; precision farming; smart agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Molecular Phylogeny of Poaceae

edited by Alexander V. Rodionov and

Victoria Shneyer

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1801 | Submission Open

Keywords: Poaceae; grass family; evolutionary relationships; molecular phylogeny; phylogenetic analysis; chloroplast DNA markers; nuclear markers; comparative genomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Molecular Biology)

Plant Genes and Salt Tolerance

edited by

Mahmoud W. Yaish

and

Sergey Shabala

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1791 | Submission Open

Keywords: salt-tolerant; genetics; epigenetics; plant-microbe interaction; PGPB

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

Cultivation Regulation of Cereal Crops

edited by Yunji Xu and

Guanglong Zhu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1684 | Submission Open

Keywords: grain crops; tuber crops; legume crops; cultivation approaches; agronomic traits; physiological properties; yield and quality improvement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)

Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Oilseed Crops—2nd Edition

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1637 | Submission Open

Keywords: oilseed crops; breeding; molecular genomics; plant germplasm; gene mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)

Trends and Prospects of Genetic and Molecular Research in Plants—2nd Edition

edited by

Yong-Gu Cho

Yu-jin Jung

and

Me-Sun Kim

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1601 | Submission Open

Keywords: transcriptomics; genetic research by gene editing; function of genes; transcription factors; plant gene regulation; molecular genetics; genetic mapping; marker-assisted selection; genomic selection; genetic engineering; molecular design breeding; plant breeding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)

Advances and Applications in Plant Tissue Culture—2nd Edition

edited by

Alice Hayward

Chris M. O'Brien

Eveline Kong

and Albert Chern Sun Wong

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1415 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant cell culture; transcriptomics; genome/gene editing; cryopreservation; molecular breeding; CRISPR; RNAi

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Cell Biology)

Molecular Mechanism and Regulation of Secondary Metabolites Biosynthesis in Plants

edited by Deyou Qiu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1399 | Submission Open

Keywords: secondary metabolites; biosynthetic pathway; functional characterization of gene and enzyme; epigenetic regulation; high-throughput sequencing; metabolic engineering; synthetic biology; transcription factor; medicinal plants; molecular regulatory mechanisms; genome editing; multi-omics; AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)

Genetics and Breeding of Nut Crops and Other Fruit Crops

edited by

Geza Bujdoso

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1392 | Submission Open

Keywords: breeding; fruit species; evaluation; genes; novelty; inner content values; value of the new variety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants)

Biodiversity Informatics and Plant Conservation

edited by

Stefano Martellos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1347 | Submission Open

Keywords: apps; awareness raising; biodiversity data gathering; citizen science; digital accessible knowledge (DAK); digitization; global change ecology; invasive alien species (IAS); mobilization of biodiversity data; plant diversity; species distribution models (SDMs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetic Resources)

Flora and Vegetation in Cities: Basic and Applied Scientific Knowledge for Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Giulia Capotorti

and

Duilio Iamonico

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1334 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropic disturbance; databases; flora; land use; restoration; vegetation; urban biodiversity conservation；

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Chemical Composition and Biological Activity of Plant Secondary Metabolites

edited by

Le Ba Vinh

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1258 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural product chemistry; phytochemistry; pharmacognosy; secondary metabolites; pharmacological effect; underlying mechanisms; NMR; GC-MS; LC-MS; quantitative analysis; inflammation; anti-cancer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Relevance of Plant Phytochemicals in the Promotion of Human Health: Second Edition

edited by

Eduardo Osiris Madrigal-Santillán

and Manuel Sánchez-Gutiérrez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1247 | Submission Open

Keywords: plants; pharmacology; toxicology; pharmacognosy; natural products; phytochemicals; chemopreventive mechanisms; antioxidant agents; oxidative stress; toxicological genetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Nutritional Aspects of Cereals and Biofortification

edited by

Valentina Španić

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1183 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereals; nutrition; micronutrients; macronutrients; biofortification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Mechanisms of Herbicide Resistance in Weeds

edited by Hailan Cui and

Jingchao Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1081 | Submission Open

Keywords: weeds; herbicide resistance; resistance mechanisms to herbicides; omics technique; weed management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)

Selected and Extended Full Papers from the 2024 International Scientific Conference on Plant Biodiversity and Sustainability

edited by

Claudio Ferrante

and

Luigi Menghini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 1028 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant material; by-products; herbal extracts; metabolomics; secondary metabolites; circular economy; production chain; biological effects. biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Plant Lighting and Photovoltaic Agriculture: Current Status and Challenges

edited by

Wen Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 987 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant lighting; photovoltaic agriculture; agrivoltaic; agricultural technology; artificial light; sustainable development; LED

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)

Nutrient Management for Resilient Crop Production (Volume II)

edited by Sampson Agyin-Birikorang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 959 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient use efficiency; nutrient uptake; dry matter yield; sustainability; food security; fertilizer; micronutrients; organic matter

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant–Soil Interactions)

Physiological and Molecular Responses for Stress Tolerance in Rice

edited by

Yanjie Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 931 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress tolerance; stress signal transduction; stress-regulated genes; phytohormones; rice breeding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

Chemical Analysis, Bioactivity, and Application of Essential Oils

edited by

Lhou Majidi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 881 | Submission Open

Keywords: aromatic plants; extraction; essential oils; analytical techniques; characterization; bioactivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Advances in Maize Physiology

edited by

Jun Xue

and

Si Shen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 839 | Submission Open

Keywords: maize; crop physiology; cultivation techniques; quality improvement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)

Genetic Mechanisms Related to Maize Seed Development

edited by

Li Li

and Zeyang Ma

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 820 | Submission Open

Keywords: seed development; seed germination; stress; seed vigor; maize

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)

Development of Woody Plants

edited by

Jinzhi Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 820 | Submission Open

Keywords: vascular cambium; xylem; woody plant development; environmental influences; genetic regulation; reproductive biology; wood formation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)

The Transfer of Metal(loid)s in Soil–Plant Systems

edited by Ali Boularbah and

Sofia Isabel Almeida Pereira

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 761 | Submission Open

Keywords: metals; metalloids; natural origin; anthropogenic origin; bioavailability; toxicity; soil/plant transfer; plant uptake; rhizospheric mechanisms; soil health; organo-mineral amendments; bioaugmentation; cropping patterns

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant–Soil Interactions)

Effect of Carbon/Nitrogen Balance on Photosynthetic Organisms: From Lab to Natural Environment

edited by

Thais Huarancca Reyes

and Antonio Pompeiano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 652 | Submission Open

Keywords: algae; abiotic stress; biotic stress; climate change; environmental pollution; microbiome; photosynthesis; primary metabolism; plant– atmosphere– soil system; secondary metabolism; species interaction; stress physiology; volatile compounds; protein activity; gene expression; signaling/sensing pathways; membrane trafficking

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)

Modeling of Biofuel Plants Phenotyping and Biomass

edited by

Yaping Xu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 637 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofuel; bioenergy; biomass; phenotyping; phenomics; AI and machine learning; image analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Plant Immune Mechanisms

edited by Marina Clemente, Fernando Luis Pieckenstain and Sebastian Pablo Rius

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 613 | Submission Open

Keywords: disease resistance; transcriptional reprogramming; protein induction; immune receptor; molecular pattern; pattern recognition receptor; pattern-triggered immunity; phytocytokine; plant innate immunity; plant– microbe interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Molecular Biology)

Crops Biofortification: An Innovative and Sustainable Agronomic Strategy for Alleviating Malnutrition and Hidden Hunger

edited by

Leo Sabatino

Georgia Ntatsi

and

Gholamreza Gohari

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop biofortification; agronomic practices; nutrient management; sustainable agriculture; malnutrition; hidden hunger; micronutrients; bioavailability; nutrition-sensitive agriculture; breeding approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)

Duckweed: Research Meets Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Viktor Oláh

Klaus-Jürgen Appenroth

and Sowjanya Sree Kandregula

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open

Keywords: duckweed Lemnaceae; physiology genetics; omics phylogenetics ecology; ecotoxicology; remediation biomass

Potato Physiology, Genetics and Breeding

edited by

Ivana Momčilović

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open

Keywords: Solanum tuberosum; photosynthesis; photoassimilate partitioning; tuberization; stress tolerance; marker-assisted selection; germplasm; potato breeding; potato biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)

Applications of Plant Tissue Culture: New Insights into Plant Improvement Research Using Plant Tissue Culture and Plant Modification Techniques―2nd Edition

edited by

David W. M. Leung

and

Rambod Abiri

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open

Keywords: micropropagation; molecular plant breeding; genome editing; biotic and abiotic stress in vitro culture; secondary metabolites in plant tissue cultures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Cell Biology)

Epigenetics in Plant Development

edited by Hongchun Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open

Keywords: epigenetics; gene regulation; DNA methylation; DNA demethylation; histone modifications; RNA-directed DNA methylation; siRNAs; plant development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)

Medicinal Plants: Phytochemistry and Pharmacology Studies

edited by

Ain Raal

and Oleh Koshovyi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; plant raw materials; extracts; natural compounds; phytochemicals; phytochemical analysis; isolation; identification; pharmacological activity; dosage forms; standardization; quality assurance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Precision Agriculture Technology, Benefits & Application

edited by

Fábio Henrique Rojo Baio

and

Paulo Eduardo Teodoro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial variability of crop factors; natural resources variability; agricultural engineering technology; crop profitability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)

Plant Physiology: Signalling Pathways in Response to Environmental Stress

edited by

Golam Jalal Ahammed

and

Xin Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant hormone; abscisic acid; hormone signaling; hormone crosstalk; reactive oxygen species; secondary messenger; oxidative stress; abiotic stress; biotic stress; stress sensing; stress tolerance; signal transduction; MAPK; light signaling; electrical signals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)

Mountain Grassland Management

edited by

Riccardo Primi

and

Bruno Ronchi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open

Keywords: montane ecosystems; high-altitude vegetation; mountain biodiversity; grazing management; ecosystem services; livestock management; climate resilience; invasive species; stakeholder engagement; policy frameworks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Application of Modern Technology in Agricultural Water and Fertilizer Management

edited by Shouchen Ma, Shoutian Ma,

Yang Gao

, Tongchao Wang and Sen Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent irrigation; agricultural big data; remote sensing technology; GIS; crop systems; crop production; Internet of Things; water and fertilizer management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)

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