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Seed Dormancy in Crops
edited by Zhonghua Sheng and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open
Keywords: seed dormancy; gene cloning; physiology and biochemistry; rice breeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Genetic Improvement in Coconut
edited by Wei Xia, Yong Xiao and
submission deadline 1 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3174 | Submission Open
Keywords: coconut palm; agronomic traits; genetic analysis; elite allele; natural variation; candidate gene; molecular marker; gene function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Signal Transduction in Plants in Response to Environmental Stresses
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1517 | Submission Open
Keywords: signaling; transduction; phospholipase; lipid-kinase; calcium; protein-kinase; protein/protein interaction; enzyme regulation; crop plants; stress; phytohormones; peptide signaling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Plant Phenolic Compounds: From Biosynthesis to Functional Profiling
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open
Keywords: biosynthesis pathway; bioavailability; gene regulation; phenol structural diversity; phenol analysis; flavonoids; anthocyanins; tannins; lignans; chromatography; spectroscopy; mass spectrometry; antioxidant activity; anti-inflammatory activity; antimicrobial activity; cardiometabolic health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Harnessing Rhizobacteria for Plant Growth Promotion and Abiotic Stress Tolerance
edited by and Yetong Qi
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant; rhizosphere; bacteria; abiotic stress; sustainable agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant–Soil Interactions)
Plants and Peoples: Quo Vadis? submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 21077 | Submission Open
Keywords: plants and people; perceptions of plants; human– plants relations; decolonization of botany; ethnobotany; cross-culture comparison; diachronic ethnobotany; plant cultural markers; socio-economical aspects of botany; environmental education; wild food plants; medicinal plants; household plants
Bioactivities of Nature Products submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 17006 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant extracts; isolated natural products; bioactivities; therapeutic applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Sensor Systems in Agriculture
edited by Gerassimos Peteinatos and Hugo Moreno
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 15374 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; plant phenotyping; sustainable agriculture; remote sensing; camera-based solutions; robots; sensor-based IPM; UAV; deep learning; site-specific crop management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)
Advances in Essential Oils from Medicinal Plants submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13785 | Submission Open
Keywords: essential oils; gas chromatography; pharmacological activity; endemic plants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Microalgae Photobiology, Biotechnology, and Bioproduction
edited by Michael Hippler and Shin-Ichiro Ozawa
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13642 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Plant-Associated Microorganisms: Exploring Their Beneficial and Harmful Impacts on Plant Production in Response to a Changing Climate submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10717 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant-microbe interactions; endosymbiosis; biofertilizers/biological fertilizers/biostimulants; plant adaptation and stress tolerance; biopriming; biocontrol agents; legume– rhizobial symbioses; arbuscular mycorrhiza; rhizosphere microbiome; endophytic microbiome; sustainable agriculture; microbial biotechnology; pathogen– host interactions; plant defense mechanisms; plant disease management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Abiotic and Biotic Stress of the Crops and Horticultural Plants
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9556 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; crops; horticultural plants; genetic analysis; genomics; plant defense mechanisms; stress response
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms Regulating Vegetable Crops Growth under Stressful Conditions
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9345 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Adaptive Strategies of Plants to Stress Factors submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9198 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptive strategies; abiotic stress; biotic stress; oxidative stress; acclimation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Physiology and Molecular Ecology of Ratoon Rice
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7204 | Submission Open
Keywords: ratoon rice; ratoon ability; grain yield; grain quality; mechanized harvesting; breeding; cultivation management; physiology and molecular ecology; stubble quality; ratoon grain filling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Molecular Biology)
Protein Metabolism in Plants and Algae under Abiotic Stress submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5886 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; metabolic responses; engineering approaches; stress tolerance; drought; salinity; cold; microplastic; heavy metals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Multi-Omics Approaches for Plant Responses to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3532 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; bioinformatics; artificial intelligence; biotechnology; transcription factors; breeding; crop plants; horticultural plants; multi-omics; genomics; epigenomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; hormonomics; interactomics; phenomics; genetic diversity; systems biology; gene expression
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Mastering Resilience: A Comprehensive Exploration of Plant Stress Responses through Omics Profiling
edited by and José Ribamar Costa Ferreira-Neto
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2800 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; plant– pathogen interaction; bioinformatics; plant tolerance; plant resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Somatic Embryogenesis and Organogenesis of Plants submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2423 | Submission Open
Keywords: plants; somatic embryogenesis; organogenesis; omic technologies; genetic transformation; genome editing; plant growth regulators
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)
Effects of Management Practices on Field Crop Growth, Yield, and Quality
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2094 | Submission Open
Keywords: regulation of soil water; fertility; aeration; temperature; salinity; microclimate in crop land; management practices; regional scale; farmland scale; efficient use of agricultural water resources; field crop; growth; yield and quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
Molecular Mechanism of Plant Mineral Nutrient submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2080 | Submission Open
Keywords: mineral nutrition; sensing; uptake; transport; homeostasis; molecular mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)
Microbial Formulations to Increase Crop Production, from Laboratory to Fields 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1658 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant growth promoting microorganisms; microbial formulations; plant-microbe interactions; plant biotechnology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Post-dispersal Seed Behavior: Dormancy, Germination, Viability, and Mortality
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1575 | Submission Open
Keywords: storage; temperature; light; functional plant traits; plant propagules; reproductive traits
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering in Forest Trees
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1397 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotechnology; forest trees; genetic engineering; abiotic and biotic stress; molecular mechanism; multi-omics analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Plant Proteomics 2024
edited by Vanildo Silveira
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1359 | Submission Open
Keywords: comparative proteomics; top-down proteomics; shotgun proteomics; bottom-up proteomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Molecular Biology)
Safety of Genetically Modified Crops and Plant Functional Genomics
edited by and Lu Gan
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1203 | Submission Open
Keywords: genetically modified plants; GM regulation; GM risk assessment; functional genomics; genetic improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Ethnobotanical Studies of Medicinal Plants
edited by Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1044 | Submission Open
Keywords: ethnomedicine; ethnopharmacology; evolutionary ethnobiology; macroethnobiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Chemical Ecology of Plant and Insect Pests
edited by Vincas Būda
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open
Keywords: semiochemicals; attractants; repellents; bioassay; bioactive metabolites; allelopathic interactions; plant chemical defence; plant– insect interaction; insect– plant interaction; chemical arm race
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Chromosome Changes and Karyotype Evolution in Plants
edited by and Marilena Ceccarelli
submission deadline 25 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1714 | Submission Open
Keywords: karyotype evolution and speciation; evolutionary pathways of karyotype diversity; dysploidy events and spaciation; insights into chromosome changes and genome evolution; karyotype evolution and phylogeny; genomic changes after polyploidization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Root Growth Behavior submission deadline 30 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2448 | Submission Open
Keywords: circumnutation; hydropatterning; root branching; root hair; root system architecture; root tropisms; skewing; soil penetration; thigmomorphogenesis; waving
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)
Fertilizer Application for Enhanced Crop Nutrient and Water Use Efficiency Under Irrigation Strategy
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 880 | Submission Open
Keywords: fertilization; irrigation; crop physiology; plant growth; nutrient uptake; water use efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
Plant Challenges in Response to Salt and Water Stress
edited by and Toshik Iarley da Silva
submission deadline 30 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 857 | Submission Open
Keywords: antioxidant defense; lipid peroxidation; oxidative stress; phytohormones; stress signaling; physiological and biochemical changes in plants; salt stress tolerance; reactive oxygen species (ROS); drought stress responses; ion toxicity; redox and ROS balance; enzymes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Crop Improvement under a Changing Climate
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14273 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Plant–Insect Interactions—2nd edition submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13987 | Submission Open
Keywords:   entomophily;   herbivory;   host– plant resistance;   host– plant selection;   insect pollination;   plant chemistry;   plant– insect interactions;   plant protection;   pollination;   biological control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Genetics, Genomics, and Biotechnology for Cereal Crop Improvements
edited by , Mingjie Chen and Junli Chang
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10073 | Submission Open
Keywords: cereals crops; molecular genetics; molecular breeding; functional genomics; comparative genomics; multi-omics; biotechnology; transgenic crops; gene editing; gene regulation; crop nano-biotechnology; crop improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Drought Responses and Adaptation Mechanisms in Plants
edited by , Florence Volaire and William L. Bauerle
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9563 | Submission Open
Keywords: plants; drought stress; drought resilience; ecophysiology; ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Postharvest Quality and Physiology of Vegetables and Fruits
edited by Lado Joanna and Ana Cecilia Silveira
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8586 | Submission Open
Keywords: fruit and vegetable physiology; physiological disorders; nutritional quality; shelf life; postharvest; antioxidants; postharvest pathogens
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Emerging Topics in Botanical Biopesticides—2nd Edition
edited by and Maria Liza López
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5780 | Submission Open
Keywords: essential oils; terpenes; insect; volatile organic compounds; bioactivity; repellence; antifungal compounds; botanical pesticides; economic analysis; legislation.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Disease Resistance Breeding of Field Crops
edited by and Ruth A. Heinz
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4331 | Submission Open
Keywords: disease resistance; molecular breeding; germplasm enhancement; chromosome manipulation; genetic mapping; functional genomics; mutagenesis; gene editing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Diversity of Aromatic Plants: Chemical Profiles and Antioxidant Activities
edited by , and Lidija Milenković
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4093 | Submission Open
Keywords: aromatic plants; medicinal plants; wild plants; essential oil; content; constitution; polyphenols; antioxidant
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Propagation and Cultivation of Medicinal Plants―2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2731 | Submission Open
Keywords: biostimulant; conservation; in vitro propagation; irrigation; micropropagation; phytochemicals; phytohormones; plant tissue culture; seed germination; somatic embryogenesis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)
Genetic Research on Soybean Response to Adversity Stress and Disease Stress
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2480 | Submission Open
Keywords: soybean; heatwave; drought; salinity; flooding; disease; digital phenotyping; omics; genome-wide association; genomic prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Genomic Selection and Marker-Assisted Breeding in Crops
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2220 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop breeding; molecular marker; marker-assisted selection (MAS); quantitative trait locus (QTL); genome-wide association study (GWAS); mutagenesis; genomic selection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Studies on Strategy of Diaspore Dispersal and Effectiveness of Seed Germination
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1734 | Submission Open
Keywords: seed germination; factors; seed control; field emergence of seeds; healthy seed
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Anatomical, Ontogenetic, and Embryological Studies of Plants
edited by Ana María Gonzalez and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1429 | Submission Open
Keywords: angiosperms; double fertilization; embryology; flower anatomy; megaspores; microspores; ontogeny; plant reproduction; reproductive biology; sexual whorls
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)
Rootstock Influence on Crop Regulation submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1324 | Submission Open
Keywords: antioxidants; chromatography; genomics; graft-compatibility; plant breeding; phenolics; secondary metabolites; phytochemistry; metabolomics; metabolic pathways
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
Physiological, Biochemical and Ecological Effects of Diseases on Plants
edited by , Rosemary Vuković and Mirna Ćurković-Perica
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 794 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotic stress; plant– pathogen interaction; oxidative stress; antioxidative response; carbohydrate metabolism; secondary metabolism; defence signalling pathways; stress-responsive genes; plant disease; hypersensitive reaction; disease tolerance/resistance; physiological response; resistance breeding; disease ecology; plant disease management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Plant Morphology and Anatomy in the Era of Climate Change submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 724 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptation; anatomy; climate change; morphology; structure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)
Plant-Derived Biopesticides: Promising Alternatives for Pest Management
edited by Romina P. Pizzolitto and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 713 | Submission Open
Keywords: biopesticides; essential oils; plant extracts; biological activity; volatile organic compounds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
New Insights into the Evolution of Plant Genes and Genomes
edited by Chuanzhu Fan
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open
Keywords: plants; genes; genome; evolution; genomics; phylogenomics; transcriptomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
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