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Strategies and Mechanisms for Enhancing Stress Tolerance in Wheat
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10232
Keywords: abiotic stresses; physiological mechanisms; priming; epigenetics; plant hormone
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
Environmental and Genetic Factors in Field Crop Production and Improvement: Mechanisms and Regulation
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7423
Keywords: field crop; production; improvement; regulation; genetic; environment; yield; quality
Neuroprotective, Anxiolytic or Antidepressant Activity in Medicinal Plants
edited by Erika Estrada Camarena and Carolina López-Rubalcava
submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7219
Keywords: medicinal plants; active compounds; pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties; plant extracts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Responses of Extreme Environment Plants to Abiotic Stress submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5888
Keywords:   high elevation;   low and high temperature;   permafrost;   snow cover;   deserts and extreme drought;   desiccation tolerance;   hypersaline environments;   high irradiance;   UV-radiation;   oxidative damage;   ice encasement;   hypoxia
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Vegetable Crops Disease Resistance Mechanism
edited by , and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4893
Keywords: resistance genes; resistance mechanism; vegetable crops; omics approaches; plant– pathogen interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Evolution of Plant Defence to Herbivores 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4033
Keywords: phenotypic diversity of plant defence traits; theories of plant defence; environmental circumstances and the evolution of plant defence; genomics of plant defence traits; plant defence and global change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)
Practical Applications of Chlorophyll Fluorescence Measurements submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3208
Keywords: abiotic and biotic stresses; agricultural management; artificial intelligence (AI); biological feedback systems; chlorophyll fluorescence measurement; ecosystem monitoring; machine learning (ML); plant health; precision farming; sustainable agriculture; technological integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)
Species from the Allium Genus: Cultivation and Food Chemistry submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3198
Keywords: Allium species; Allium extracts; cultivation method; bioactive compound; health benefit; volatile compounds; sensory profile
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Structural and Functional Analysis of Extracts in Plants V
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 203
Keywords: plant extracts; phytochemicals; natural food additives; bioactive compounds; in vitro biological screening
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Traditional Cultivars as a Genetic Source of Stress Tolerance and Quality Enhancement submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8604 | Submission Open
Keywords: yield; pomology; crop production and quality; stress tolerance; breeding; physiology; bioactive compounds; photosynthesis; metabolism; abiotic stress; biotic stress
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Research on Plant Pathology and Disease Management
edited by Monika Walter and
submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2575 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytopathology; disease management; crop protection; plant disease mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Application of Remote Sensing in Crop Production and Farmland Soil Monitoring submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1766 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision agriculture; remote sensing; crop growth monitoring; yield estimation and prediction; farmland soil monitoring; machine learning; environment; image processing; data fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)
Sustainable Weed Control Practices
edited by
submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open
Keywords: weeds; crops; integrated weed management; climate change; weed control; herbicide modes of action; herbicide resistance; unmanned aerial vehicle
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 44 articles | Viewed by 58919 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Bryophyte Biology
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 16 articles | Viewed by 22819 | Submission Open
Keywords: mosses; liverworts; hornworts; bryology; bryophytes; bryophyta; seedless plants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)
Embracing Systems Thinking in Crop Protection Science
edited by Kris A.G. Wyckhuys, , and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 19333 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of Medicinal Plant Extracts submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16448 | Submission Open
Keywords: newly introduced methods for plant extraction; eco-friendly formulations with antibacterial- and antioxidant-based plant extracts; plant extract identification/characterization; mode of action of plant extracts with antibacterial and antioxidant potential; the relationship between chemical structure and antibacterial and antioxidant properties
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Plant Invasions across Scales
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11389 | Submission Open
Keywords: invasive plants; biodiversity; abundance; distribution; ecology; habitats; disturbance; spatial analyses; modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)
Plant Floral Induction Mechanisms and Molecular Genetics with Developmental Plasticity
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11177 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; endogenous cues; environmental stimuli; developmental plasticity; flowering; floral induction; plant adaptation; phytohormones; molecular mechanisms; evolution; gene editing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)
Responses of Plants and Plant Communities to Environmental Changes in Mountain Areas
edited by and Annamaria Giorgi
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10266 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant ecology; adaptation traits; morpho-ecological plasticity; plant succession; flora and vegetation changes; plant translocation; plant– environment interactions; phytosociology; species distribution models; invasive alien species; mountain agro-ecosystems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)
Advances in Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Crop Production
edited by and Abdelilah Meddich
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10223 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil fertility/health; crop production; sustainable agriculture; nutrient management; organic amendment; microbial amendment; soil remediation/restoration; soil fertilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant–Soil Interactions)
Phytochemicals Beneficial to Human Health - Volume II submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10014 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytochemicals; natural products; plant extracts; biocompounds; antioxidants; oxidative stress; human health; physical exercise
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions: Insights on Pathology towards Sustainable Control
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9586 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant– microbe interactions; crosstalk between plants and microbes; omics data and molecular techniques in plant– microbe interactions; transcriptomics; diseases; sustainable agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
The Genetic Architecture of Bamboo Growth and Development
edited by Yulong Ding, and Zishan Ahmad
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6805 | Submission Open
Keywords: bamboo species; bamboo growth; bamboo improvement; bamboo propagation; bamboo genetic resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Plant-Based Green Synthesis of Bioactive Nanoparticles: Innovation and Application submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6069 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural extract; metallic nanomaterials; phytosynthesis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Epiphytic Plants: Perspective on Their Diversity, Distribution, Systematics and Conservation in the Changing Environment
edited by and Sven Peter Batke
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5842 | Submission Open
Keywords: vascular epiphytes; conservation; diversity; distribution patterns; ecological interactions; ecophysiology; endemism; epiphytic communities; functional traits; systematics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification)
Environmental Factors/Compounds and Hormones in Regulation of Seed Dormancy and Germination
edited by and Ewa Kȩpczyńska
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5607 | Submission Open
Keywords: dormancy; ethylene; germination; hormones; hydrogen cyanide; karrikin; nitric oxide; smoke
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Nutrient Signaling Networks in Plants
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5293 | Submission Open
Keywords: crosstalk; long-distance signal; nutrient sensing; nutrient signaling; systemic signaling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)
Analysis of Phytochemicals and Nutritional Characterizations of Food Plants submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4837 | Submission Open
Keywords: food quality; novel food plants; nutritional characterizations of food plants; bioactive compounds; phytochemicals; antioxidant
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Beneficial Plant-Microorganisms Interactions: Augmented Defenses of Plants and Physiological Responses
edited by Daiana Garcia
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4538 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant infections; plant-microorganism interaction; biocontrol plant physiological responses; plan defenses elicitors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Crop Plants and Heavy Metals
edited by , and Julietta Moustaka
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4501 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metal-metalloid toxicity; metal uptake; metal detoxification; crop metabolism; crop stress physiology; nutrient deficiency; oxidative stress; metal transporters; metal remobilization; heavy metal-induced ROS; metalloproteins; phytochelatins; phytoremediation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
Application of Plant Extracts in Pest Control
edited by and Xiangrong Tian
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4475 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant extracts; phytochemistry; insecticidal activity; formulation development; mechanism of action; integrated pest management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Potential of Neglected and Underutilized Plant Species as Future Crops under Climate Change
edited by , Stănică Florin and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3124 | Submission Open
Keywords: propagation; biodiversity; stress tolerance; landraces; physiology; cultural practices; active compounds; characterization; valorification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetic Resources)
Advances in Biostimulant Use on Horticultural Crops submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2831 | Submission Open
Keywords: antioxidants; biostimulants; fruit production; hormones; horticulture; plant growth regulators; vegetable production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants)
Application of Agrochemical Technologies in Crop Protection submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2707 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop protection; pesticide application technology; precision farming; sprayers; crop production; agricultural spraying; chemical and biological control; precision agricultural aviation; novel technologies on the use of agrochemicals; spray drones
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Extraction, Isolation, and Characterization of Plant Natural Products Using Conventional and Non-conventional Techniques
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2360 | Submission Open
Keywords: conventional extraction; chromatography; HSCCC; HPLC; structural elucidation; unconventional extraction; green chemistry; green technology; natural products; plants; supercritical fluids; ultrasound; microwave
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Plants Extracts and Human Health: Exploring Nature’s Healing Potential submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2283 | Submission Open
Keywords: plants exact; phytochemicals; human health; natural production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Domestication and Genetics of Horticultural Plants submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2145 | Submission Open
Keywords: origin; evolutionary relationships; genetic diversity; germplasm resources; selection and breeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants)
Application of Plant Extracts in the Food Industry submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1981 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomolecules; extraction techniques; plant-based fortification; functional food and beverages; valorization strategy; circular economy; innovative technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Crop Responses to Environmental Stresses: Unraveling the Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms
edited by Edmundo Leonardo Ploschuk and Paula Del Carmen Fernández
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1831 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop; environmental stress; abiotic stress; molecular mechanism; physiological mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
Phytoplankton Community Structure and Succession submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1817 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytoplankton diversity; lake steady states; biotic indicators; planktonic food webs; phytoplankton functional groups; edna metabarcoding; invasive species; cyanobacterial blooms; water quality assessment; conservation; plankton and climate change; ecosystem functioning; phytoplankton– periphyton interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification)
Origin, Evolution and Functional Mechanisms of Plant Immune System
edited by Zhu-Qing Shao and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1708 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant immune system; plant immune receptors; plant disease resistance genes; evolutionary genetics; plant– pathogen interactions; genetic mapping; comparative genomics; plant immune signaling pathway; plant immune system engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Physiological and Genetic Responses of Crops to Abiotic Stress
edited by Ludovic Joseph Anatole Capo-Chichi and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1309 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stresses; genomics; genetic variation; high-throughput phenotyping; adaptation; climate resiliency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Biostimulants in Plant Stress Tolerance
edited by Shifa Shaffique and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 756 | Submission Open
Keywords: biostimulants; sustainable agricultural production; soil health; modulation pathway; soil microbes; humic acid; biochar
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Advances and Innovations in Integrated Pest Management for Arable Crops submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated plant protection; non-chemical methods of plant protection; adjuvants and properties of the spray solution; breeding of resistant varieties of crop plants; biological; mechanical and physical methods of plant protection; the use of copper and sulfur in plant protection; essential oils and plant extracts in plant protection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Starch Metabolism in Plants and Algae submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open
Keywords: starch; metabolism; plants; algae
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Advanced Botanical Research in the Mediterranean Area: Studies in Honor of Prof. Francesco Maria Raimondo on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 15055 | Submission Open
Keywords: Mediterranean; plant Science; flora; vegetation; taxonomy; conservation; phytochemistry; aliens; fungi; lichens; bryophytes; ornamental plants; seed banks
Exploring Plant-Derived Medicinal Compounds: From Traditional Wisdom to Targeted Drug Discovery
edited by
submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2261 | Submission Open
Keywords: traditional medicine; medicinal compounds; plants; targeted drug discovery
Management of Pests and Diseases in Tropical Fruit Crops
edited by , Jorge Toledo and
submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 498 | Submission Open
Keywords: arthropod pests; arthropod vectors; plant pathogens; weeds; bioecology; natural enemies; biological control; pest sampling; attractants and repellents; resistant crop varieties; integrated pest management; tropical or subtropical climate zones
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Pharmacology and Phytochemical Composition of Plants and Its Relevance to Endocrine Diseases submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open
Keywords: medicinal plants; phytochemestry; endocrine diseases; diabetes; hypertension
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