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Bio-Active Compounds in Horticultural Plants

edited by

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17733 | Submission Open

Keywords: isolation and analysis of compounds; herbal and plant extracts; quality control; functional foods; herbal drugs; profiling; standardized processing; characteristic compounds; bioactive compounds; metabolites; phytochemicals; metabolomics

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

New Insights into Plant Signaling Mechanisms in Biotic and Abiotic Stress

edited by Hamdy Kashtoh,

Kwang-Hyun Baek

and Muhammad Fazle Rabbee

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17173 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; drought stress; salt stress; bacterial immunity; guard cell; anion channel; protein kinases; calcium signaling; abscisic acid signaling; light signaling; nitrogen fixa-tion; phosphorylation; plant nutrients; receptors; signal transduction; stress; nutrition; calcium; membrane transport; Arabidopsis thaliana; ion homeostasis combination

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

The Growth and Development of Vegetable Crops

edited by

Shuang Wu

and

Feng Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 15762 | Submission Open

Keywords: growth and development; biotic and abiotic stress responses; gene function; vegetable crops; transcription; molecular biology; genetics

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

Role of Auxin in Plant Growth and Development

edited by

Tongda Xu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13645 | Submission Open

Keywords: auxin transport; auxin metabolism; auxin signaling; environmental adaptation

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

Plant Invasion 2023

edited by

Dalva Maria da Silva Matos

,

Daolin Du

and Shanshan Qi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11810 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant invasions; ecology of invasive plants; climate change and biological invasion; invasion dynamics; native species as invasive; plant invasion and one health; prevention and management of plant invasions; policy; legislation; and governance regarding invasive plants; economic impacts of plant invasion; citizen science applied to plant invasion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Ornamental Plants and Urban Gardening II

edited by

László Orlóci

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10835 | Submission Open

Keywords: ornamental plants; urban green space; climate change

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

Biochar-Based Fertilizers in Agriculture: Soil—Plant Interactions and Functions

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9974 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; soil– plant interaction; plant and environment; soil and plant health; plant nutrition; plant performance; stress tolerance; legacy effects

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

Advances in Chemical Analysis of Plants

edited by Javier Hernández-Allica

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9298 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient; chemometrics; ionomics; mass spectrometry; portable; phytochemical

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics of Forest Trees

edited by Shijiang Cao and

Linkun Wu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9226 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest molecular biology; bioinformatics; tree genetics; gene expression regulation; plant– microbe interactions

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

Horticultural Plant Cultivation and Fruit Quality Enhancement

edited by

Dongliang Qiu

and Caihong Zhong

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8146 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural plant cultivation techniques and methods; fruit quality; molecular mechanisms

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

Crop Genetics and Breeding

edited by

Hai Du

and

Zhe Liang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7782 | Submission Open

Keywords: crops; population; QTL; sequencing; genome; SNP; molecular markers; genome editing; phenotypes; omics; polyploidy; evolution

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

Primary and Secondary Metabolites in Fruits and Vegetables; Analytical Solutions, Chemical Composition and Bioavailability Evaluation

edited by

Maja Mikulič-Petkovšek

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7437 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemistry; primary and secondary metabolites; fruits and vegetables; analytical techniques; environmental factors; production technology; horticultural crops; sugars; organic acids; polyphenolics; cyanogenic glycosides; glucosinolates; terpenoids; extraction; drying; natural product chemistry; novel processing technologies; flavonoids; phenolic-rich extracts; herbal medicine; disease management; development of innovative products; fruit quality; bioactive compounds; final product; stability of substances; antioxidant properties; health status; resistant cultivars; plant growth responses; phenylpropanoid pathway; enzymes; biotic and abiotic stress; storage; postharvest technology; nutrients; sustainable approach; plant biostimulators; oxidative stress; adaptive mechanisms; plant diseases; elicitors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Plant Responses to a Changing Climate: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives

edited by Sanja Manitašević Jovanović, Ana Vuleta and Yuval Sapir

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7313 | Submission Open

Keywords: global warming; heat stress; oxidative stress; drought stress; photosynthesis; antioxidants; leaf functional traits; flowering phenology; acclimation; phenotypic plasticity; adaptation; epigenetics; aclimatization

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

Invasive Alien Plant Species: From Phytochemical Diversity to Ecological Management

edited by Vladimir Vladimirov and

Ekaterina Kozuharova

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6602 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive plants; phytochemical; management strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

The Role of Signaling Molecules in Plant Stress Tolerance

edited by

Azamat M. Avalbaev

and

Oksana Lastochkina

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6563 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant signaling molecules; signal transduction; stress tolerance; stress signaling; abiotic stress; biotic stress; plant hormones; crosstalk; reactive oxygen species

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

Worldwide Evaluations of Quinoa and Amaranth—Biodiversity and Food Security under Climate Change Pressures Volume II

edited by

Didier Bazile

and

Cataldo Pulvento

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5330 | Submission Open

Keywords: quinoa; amaranth; biodiversity; food security; climate change; screening; best agronomic practices; soil– water– plant relations; environmental adaptability; ecophysiological traits

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

Gasotransmitters in Plants: Physiological Functions and Potential Applications

edited by

Wenbiao Shen

and Hua Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5269 | Submission Open

Keywords: gasotransmitters; plants; physiological functions; potential applications; signaling mechanism; biotic and abiotic stresses; plant growth and development; postharvest senescence; ripening; gene regulation

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

Crop Functional Genomics and Biological Breeding

edited by

Yifeng Wang

, Jie Huang,

Jian Zhang

and

Jiezheng Ying

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4851 | Submission Open

Keywords: crops; functional genomics; biological breeding; yield; resistance; seed germination; quality; genetic improvement

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

Nanomaterials on Plant Growth and Stress Adaptation

edited by

Antonio Juárez Maldonado

and Yolanda González-García

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4664 | 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)

Phytochemicals in Plants: Recent Developments on the Occurrence, Composition, Stability, Health, Food and Pharmaceutical Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Nicoleta-Gabriela Hădărugă

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4488 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant phytochemicals; antioxidants; flavonoids; anthocyanins; terpenoids; carotenoids; alkaloids; tannins; saponins; phytosterols; vitamins; biological activity; food applications; pharmaceutical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Insights into Functional and Medicinal Value of Natural Products from Plants

edited by

Shaden Khalifa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4188 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant-derived natural compounds; drug discovery; herbal supplement; phytochemical profile; traditional medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Advances in Rosaceae Fruit Genomics and Breeding

edited by

Juan A. Salazar

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4097 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit species; phenotyping; genotyping; genetics; genomics; transcriptomics; QTL mapping; GWAS; genomic selection

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

Applications of Spectral Techniques in Plant Physiology

edited by Kumud Bandhu Mishra

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3997 | Submission Open

Keywords: absorption spectroscopy; biochemistry; chlorophyll fluorescence; carotenoids; emission spectroscopy; excitation spectroscopy; imaging; phenotyping; photobiology; photochemistry; photoprotection; photosynthesis; pigments; plant growth and development; Raman spectroscopy; reflectance spectroscopy; stress tolerance; stress response; time-resolved spectroscopy

(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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3851 | 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)

Chemical Analysis / Biological Functions of Tea

edited by

Qiang Chu

and

Ping Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3569 | Submission Open

Keywords: tea; chemical analysis; biological functions; action mechanisms; applications of tea components

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Plant Ecophysiological Adaptation to Environmental Stress II

edited by

Hans-Werner Koyro

,

Kristina Toderich

and

Bernhard Huchzermeyer

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3551 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil– plant relationships; salt and drought (water) stress; Eu- and Dysstress; carbon agriculture; soil physical; chemical; and biological properties; soil compaction; biochar and compost; superabsorber (superabsorbent polymers; SAP); PGPR (plant growth-promoting bacteria); Rhizobacteria; fodder production; halophytes; saline agriculture; mechanisms of salt resistance; marginal land use efficiency

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

Vegetation Dynamics and Ecological Restoration in Alpine Ecosystems

edited by

Peili Shi

and

Zhanhuan Shang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3242 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation dynamics; plant community succession; plant-plant interactions; ecosystem degradation; biodiversity-ecosystem functioning; community stability and resilience; multiple ecosystem services; ecological restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Plant Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Interactions

edited by

An-Shan Hsiao

,

Olga A. Zabotina

and

Fuyuan Zhu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3225 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein structure and function; protein– protein interactions; protein– RNA interactions; protein– lipid interactions; intrinsically disordered proteins; liquid– liquid phase separation; biomolecular condensates

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

Effects of Rhizosphere Microorganisms on the Growth of Cereal Crops

edited by Hongbo Li and Xiaoyan Tang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3110 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal; nutrient cycling; carbon sequestration; microbe– host interplay; agronomic management

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

Seaweed Biology: Focusing on Food, Materials and Bioenergy—2nd Edition

edited by

Loretto Contreras-Porcia

and Fadia Tala

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3049 | Submission Open

Keywords: seaweed alimentation; seaweed food; seaweed sustainable materials; biorefinery; nutraceuticals; marine bioenergy; seaweed taxonomy; cultivation; breeding and propagation

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

Crop Management for Phytochemical Enhancement

edited by

Gaetano Pandino

and

Sara Lombardo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2938 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemical compounds; crop management; biotic factors; antioxidant compounds; abiotic factors

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

Climate Change and Weather Extremes’ Impacts on Crops

edited by Xiong Wei

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2921 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; crops; crop breeding

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

Sustainable Strategies for Managing Plant Diseases

edited by

Moussa El Jarroudi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2850 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; plant pathology; disease management; biocontrol; precision farming; integrated pest management; genetic resistance; eco-friendly practices; microbial ecology; agricultural sustainability

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

Integrated Pest Management—from Chemicals to Green Management

edited by

Farman Ullah

,

Xiaowei Li

and Yaobin Lü

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2848 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated pest management; the development of insecticide resistance; resistance mechanisms; ecotoxicology; sublethal or hormetic effects; molecular toxicology; transgenerational sublethal effects; genetic pest management; non-target effects of insecticides; biological control; RNAi-mediated insect pest control; green management

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

Development of Biocontrol Products for Plant Diseases

edited by

Luis Guillermo Hernández-Montiel

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2834 | 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)

Molecular Mechanism and Regulation of Secondary Metabolites Biosynthesis in Plants

edited by Deyou Qiu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2645 | 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)

Seagrass Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics

edited by

Letizia Bernardo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2613 | Submission Open

Keywords: seagrass; omics; genomics; proteomics; metabolomics; marine environment; climate changes

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

Forest Disturbance and Management

edited by

Jie Zhao

, Chao Yue,

Zhiwei Wu

and

Ziqiang Du

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2575 | 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)

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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2550 | 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)

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 2503 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

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 2468 | 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)

Precision Agriculture in Crop Production

edited by Vasileios Liakos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2428 | 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)

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 2403 | 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)

Plant-Soil Microbe Interactions in Ecosystems

edited by Shuo Jiao and Jie Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2361 | 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–Microbe Interaction

edited by Gennady V. Pogorelko

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2324 | 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)

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 2316 | Submission Open

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

Deciphering Plant Molecular Data Using Computational Methods

edited by

Rajeev K. Azad

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2290 | Submission Open

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

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

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 2259 | 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)

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 2179 | 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)

Molecular Phylogeny of Poaceae

edited by Alexander V. Rodionov and

Victoria Shneyer

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2127 | 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)

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