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Effects of Environmental Factors on Nutritional Quality of Plant Seeds and Other Edible Plant Parts

edited by

Maria Reguera

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2023 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic factors; nutritional quality; seeds and grains; edible plant parts; climate change; food security

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

Characterization and Conservation of Vegetable Genetic Resources

edited by Derly Silva

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1618 | Submission Open

Keywords: accessions; agrobiodiversity; germplasm collections; plant germplasm; germplasm management

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

Genome-Wide Association Study Accelerates Deciphering of Crop Complex Agronomic Traits

edited by

Qing Li

, Liping Dai and

Deyong Ren

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1398 | Submission Open

Keywords: genome wide association study (GWAS); crops; agronomic traits; QTL; molecular mechanism

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

Soil Carbon Management for Crop Production

edited by

Xiaoning Zhao

Kazem Zamanian

Pujia Yu

and Xiangping Guo

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 822 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil carbon management; ecosystem services; soil productivity; soil health

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

Emerging Trends in Alternative and Sustainable Crop Production

edited by

Dimitrios Bilalis

Ioanna Kakabouki

and

Ioannis Roussis

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 435 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative agricultural practices; adaptation; crop management; climate change; healthy soils; water and nutrient management

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

‘Omics’ and ‘Multi-Omics’ Insights into Plant Responses to Abiotic Stresses

edited by

Rudo Ngara

and

Yuri Shavrukov

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; plant stress responses; “ omics” profiling and validation; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; gene expression; transgenic plant biology

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

Plant Tissue Culture V

edited by

Iyyakkannu Sivanesan

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant regeneration; shoot proliferation; somatic embryogenesis; germplasm conservation; genetic manipulation; clonal propagation; bioactive compounds; virus-free plants; cell suspension culture; hairy root culture

Plant Functioning under Abiotic Stress

edited by

Kinga Drzewiecka

and

Monika Gasecka

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: accumulation; adaptive mechanisms; avoidance; crops; detoxication; homeostasis; hormesis; hyperaccumulators; mechanisms; metabolome; microbiome; nitro-oxidative stress; nutrients; phytoremediation; phytotoxicity; sequestration; signaling molecules; tolerance; translocation; transporters; uptake

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

Interaction between Flowers and Pollinators

edited by Stefano Benvenuti

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: insect pollination; pollinator ecosystem service; biodiversity conservation of threatened plants; plant– pollinator mutualism when subjected to climate change; co-evolution of specialized plant– pollinator interactions; wildflower landscape sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants and Algae—2nd Edition

edited by

Anna Torelli

and

Matteo Marieschi

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal tolerance; heavy metal sensing; heavy metal uptake; heavy metal sequestration; phytochelatin; glutathione and oxidative stress; cysteine synthesis and degradation; heavy metal tolerance evolution; hyper and hypo accumulator plants; environmental pollutants; stress mitigation

Advances in Plant-Derived Nanomaterials Research

edited by

Ioan Grozescu

and

Adina-Elena Segneanu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural compounds; analytical methodology; spectroscopy; active substance and secondary metabolites; nanomaterials; structure of materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Qualitative and Quantitative Changes in Plant Metabolite Contents—2nd Edition

edited by

Jelena Dragišić Maksimović

and

Vuk Maksimović

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: analytical methods; extraction procedures; primary metabolites; sugars; organic acids; amino acids; vitamins; nucleotides; polyols; secondary metabolites; phenolic compounds; antioxidative enzymes; phytohormones; pigments; essential oils; reactive oxygen species

Plant Endophytic Fungi and Their Interactions with Plant Specialized Metabolites

edited by

Sandor Gonda

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant metabolomics; endophytic fungi; elicitation; plant– microbe interaction; SynCom; natural products; plant microbiome; plant holobiont

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

Genetic Breeding and Quality Improvement of Tea

edited by Liyuan Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: tea plant (Camellia sinensis); molecular mechanism; secondary metabolites; stress response; nitrogen absorption; quality-related components; genetic identification; QTL mapping; molecular functional markers

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

Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Tolerance to Environmental Stresses

edited by

Stanislav Isayenkov

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: salinity; sodicity; drought; alkaline stress; heat; heavy metals; plant stress signaling and regulation; stress sensing; adaptation to the different stress environments

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

Role of Beneficial Bacteria in Plant Growth and Health Promotion

edited by

Eduardo Valencia-Cantero

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacterial phytostimulation; bacterial enhancement of plant nutrient availability; bacterial priming of plant defense; pathogen exclusion; bacterial volatiles organic compounds; plant growth regulators producing bacteria; bacteria synthetic community; bacterial increase of plant fitness to ambiental changes; new plant beneficial bacteria

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

Beneficial Effects of Bacteria on Plants

edited by

Angela Cunha

submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1497 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocontrol agents; endophytic bacteria; microbe-enhanced phytoremediation; microbial biostimulants; microbiome– metabolome relations; plant microbiomes; plant-growth-promoting bacteria; sustainable agriculture

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

Marine Macrophytes Responses to Global Change

edited by Claudio A. Sáez and Alex R. Santillán-Sarmiento

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine macrophytes; ocean acidification; mangroves; seagrass; seaweeds; restoration; stress responses; global chance; rising temperatures; marine pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Cellulose Biosynthesis in Plants: Mechanisms, Molecular Insights, and Applications

edited by

Chandrashekhar P. Joshi

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: cellulose; cellulose synthase; sucrose synthase; lignin; lignocellulose; transgenic plants; biomass; bioethanol

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

Plant Extracts in Focus: Chemical Characterization, Biological Activity, and Their Significance in Ethnomedicine and Practical Applications

edited by

Ana Alimpić Aradski

Katarina Šavikin

Mariana Oalđe Pavlović

and Ivona Veličković

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant extract; extraction; chemical characterization; bioactive compounds; biological activity; ethnomedicine; natural products; standardization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Ecophysiology and Quality of Crops

edited by Yahia Rharrabti

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 795 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop ecophysiology; crop quality; yield quality; environment; biotic and abiotic stresses

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

Trends in Research on Plant Genetic Resources: Insects, Plant Diseases, and Genetic Diversity

edited by

Seong-Hoon Kim

and

Inchan Choi

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant diseases; plant genetic resources; genetic diversity; genebank; molecular biology; genomics; phenomics

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

Research on Plant Genomics and Breeding 2025

edited by

Zhiyong Li

and

Jian Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant developmental and growth; gene cloning and function; regulatory mechanisms; molecular genetics; epigenetic; genetic engineering; genome editing; germplasm enhancement; molecular breeding and marker-assisted selection

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

Cereals Genetics and Breeding

edited by

Raman Dhariwal

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal genetics; plant breeding; genetic diversity; genome editing; marker-assisted selection; phenomics; biotic stress resistance; abiotic stress resistance; nutritional enhancement; climate resilience; sustainable agriculture; crop improvement; genetics and genomics; breeding methods; cereal crops; food security

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

Ethnobotany and Biodiversity Conservation in South Africa

edited by

Johannes van Staden

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: ethnobotany; plants biodiversity; conservation; South Africa

Plant-Derived Natural Products

edited by Noureddine Chaachouay

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug delivery; plants-derived natural products; plant extraction; pharmacological activities; phytochemicals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Bioactive Plants, Phytocompounds and Plant-Derived Food

edited by

Agnieszka Galanty

and

Pawel Pasko

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive plants; functional foods; phytocompounds; cytotoxic; antimicrobial; anti-inflammatory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Molecular Diagnosis of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria and Disease Management Strategies

edited by

Stefania Loreti

and

Scala Valeria

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytopathogenic bacteria; diagnostics; molecular tools; bacterial plant diseases; prevention; control

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

Management, Development, and Breeding of Coffea sp. Crop

edited by

Fábio Luiz Partelli

and

Weverton Pereira Rodrigues

submission deadline 28 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: Coffea sp.; coffee breeding; physiology of stress; coffee production; post-harvest processing; coffee growth and development; crop management

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

Phytochemistry of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants

edited by

William N. Setzer

and

Joyce Kelly R. Da Silva

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 26 articles | Viewed by 80968 | Submission Open

Keywords: essential oils; ethnopharmacology; biological activity; fragrance; aromatherapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Plant Tissue Culture and Plant Regeneration

edited by

Douglas A. Steinmacher

and

Taras Pasternak

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16706 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant biotechnology; micropropagation; organogenesis; somatic embryogenesis; temporary immersion system; data-driven model; shoot proliferation; gene edition

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

Strategies for Nutrient Use Efficiency Improvement in Plants

edited by

Hongmei Cai

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14463 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient use efficiency; fertilizer; varieties; crop system; gene function; physiological and molecular response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Activities of Plant Extracts and Phytochemicals

edited by

Seok-Geun Lee

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 14382 | Submission Open

Keywords: plants; phytochemicals; drug discovery; bioactive compounds; biochemometrics; metabolomics; molecular network analysis; oxidative stress; inflammation; oxidative stress or/and inflammation-associated diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Molecular Marker-Assisted Technologies for Crop Breeding

edited by

Ju Kyong Lee

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8162 | Submission Open

Keywords: maize; landrace accession; agroecological zone; SSR marker; genetic diversity; population structure; UPGMA dendrogram

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

Plant-Microbiome Interactions

edited by

Waqar Islam

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4517 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– microbiome interactions; rhizosphere microbiota; phyllosphere microbes; symbiotic relationships; pathogenic interactions; microbial diversity; plant health; nutrient cycling; biostimulants; plant defence mechanisms; abiotic stress tolerance; microbiome manipulation; soil microbiota; ecological restoration; microbiome engineering

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

Phenotypic Plasticity, Genetic and Epigenetic Response of Plants to Abiotic Stresses

edited by

Elisa Fasani

and Giovanna Visioli

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3314 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenotypic plasticity; tolerance to abiotic stress; epigenetics; plant‒microbe molecular interaction

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

Abiotic Stress of Crops: Molecular Genetics and Genomics—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhaoshi Xu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2121 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress response; gene function; gene regulation; stress signal transduction; stress tolerance; tolerant mechanism; genomic research; gene editing; yield

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

Strategies for Enhancing the Production of Secondary Metabolites in Plants

edited by

Daniela Trono

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1422 | Submission Open

Keywords: secondary metabolites; elicitation; stress response; plant-growth-promoting bacteria; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; molecular breeding; metabolic engineering

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

Advances in Plant Natural Products Biosynthesis and Metabolic Engineering

edited by Xiang Pu and Wei Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 867 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant; natural product; biosynthesis; metabolic engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Horticultural Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology

edited by Shengjun Feng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 573 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant molecular biology; plant physiology; environmental response; secondary metabolism; growth and development; signal pathway

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

Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Salinity Stress and Tolerance—2nd Edition

edited by

Lara Donaldson

and

Gederts Ievinsh

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 573 | Submission Open

Keywords: salinity stress; ion toxicity; ion homeostasis; Na+ transport; halotropism; salt tolerance; saline

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

Adaptation Strategies and Defense Mechanisms of Plants During Environmental Stress

edited by

Fei Xu

, Zhengquan He and

Muhammad Ahsan Asghar

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 563 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotic stress; environmental control; salt stress; drought stress; low-temperature stress; light damage; heavy metal stress; hormonal regulation

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

Algal Morphogenesis and Response to Abiotic Stresses

edited by

Koji Mikami

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: growth morphogenesis; polarity stress response; global warming; gene expression; signal transduction; transcriptomics; genomics; proteomics; metabolomics; stress tolerance; acclimation; regulatory network

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

Stress Biology of Turfgrass—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhou Li

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic and biotic stresses; stress physiology; defense mechanism; antioxidant; metabolic regulation; water homeostasis; photosynthesis; omics; stress-defensive genes and pro-teins

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

Towards Crops Resilience to Waterlogging

edited by

Chenchen Zhao

, Le Xu and

Miing Tiem Yong

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop breeding; plant physiology; waterlogging; fertilizer; plant growth regulator; phytohormones; agronomic strategies; stomata

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

Ecology and Management of Invasive Plants—2nd Edition

edited by

Congyan Wang

and Hongli Li

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasion ecology; biological invasion; plant invasion; invasive plants; invasion mechanism; invasion management; early warning and prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Chemical Characterization and Medicinal Values of Plant Natural Products

edited by

Jiangnan Peng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; phytochemistry; secondary metabolites; bioactive compounds; quality analysis; bioactivity; structure determination; pharmacology; endophytes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Plant Phenotyping and Machine Learning

edited by

Lingfeng Duan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant phenotyping; machine learning; image processing; growth analysis; data analysis

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

Application of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Technology in Plant Research

edited by