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Genetic Resources of Cereal and Oilseed Crops for Sustainable Breeding and Food Security II

edited by

Irina N. Anisimova

Svetlana Goryunova

and

Eugene Radchenko

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11772 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal and oilseed plants; genetics and genomics; biodiversity and evolution; distant hybridization agronomically important traits; CMS-Rf genetic systems

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

Plant-Associated Microorganisms: Exploring Their Beneficial and Harmful Impacts on Plant Production in Response to a Changing Climate

edited by

Mohamed Ait-El-Mokhtar

and

Marouane Baslam

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8701 | 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)

Plant Biostimulation 2nd Edition

edited by

Antonio Juárez-Maldonado

Susana González-Morales

and

Adalberto Benavides-Mendoza

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5555 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotic stress; abiotic stress; priming; seed priming; biopriming; stress tolerance; tolerance induction; elicitors

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

Plant Allelopathy: Mechanisms and Applications in Regenerative Agriculture 2nd Edition

edited by

Margot Schulz

and

Vincenzo Tabaglio

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5460 | Submission Open

Keywords: allelochemical; allelopathic interactions; alternative weed control; microorganisms; secondary metabolite; regenerative agriculture; allelopathic cover crops; allelopathy in agriculture; allelopathy; Farm2Fork strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Biotechnology Advances during Fruit Ripening and Vegetable Post-harvest

edited by

Yi-Yin Do

and Pung-Ling Huang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2754 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic transformation; gene silencing; genome editing; shelf-life extension; quality improvement

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

In Vitro Systems and Virus Elimination in Horticultural Plants and Rare Endangered Species

edited by

Irina Mitrofanova

, Kanchit Thammasiri and

Atanas Pavlov

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2636 | Submission Open

Keywords: clonal micropropagation; organogenesis/somatic embryogenesis; plant cleaning up and obtain virus- and viroid-free cultivars and forms; genomic of virus diagnostics; plant regeneration; conservation; and acclimatization; anatomomorphological; physiological; and biochemical aspects of plant propagation; plant conservation; plant acclimatization ex vitro and in vivo

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

Pharmacology and Toxicology of Plants and Their Constituents—Second Edition

edited by

Eduardo Madrigal-Bujaidar

and

Isela Álvarez-González

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1195 | Submission Open

Keywords: plants; pharmacology; toxicology; toxicological genetics; pharmacognosy; chemoprevention; natural products; phytochemicals; regulations; epidemiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Plant Nutrition Volume III

edited by

Martin Kulhanek

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 733 | Submission Open

Keywords: new fertilizing strategies; improvement of nutrient acquisition and efficiency; analytical methods and techniques; precision agriculture; biofortification

Strategies to Improve Water-Use Efficiency in Plant Production

edited by

Aiwang Duan

and

Yang Gao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 32 articles | Viewed by 48377 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-use efficiency; crop productivity; irrigation method; fertigation; SPAC; evapotranspiration; irrigation decision; precision agriculture; crop water physiology; simulation

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

Recent Advances in Horticultural Plant Genomics

edited by

Zhongxiong Lai

Yuling Lin

and

Yuqiong Guo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 21 articles | Viewed by 27981 | Submission Open

Keywords: genomics; non-coding RNA; transcriptomics

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

Mechanisms of Crop Growth and Development under Adverse Conditions

edited by Fabrício Eulálio Leite Carvalho and Sergio Luiz Ferreira da Silva

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8894 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; flooding; global climate change; heavy metals; high CO2; high temperature; plant stress physiology; pollutants; sustainable agriculture; tolerance mechanisms

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

Phytochemical Analysis and Metabolic Profiling in Plants

edited by

Yulian Voynikov

and

Dimitrina Zheleva-Dimitrova

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8245 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemical analysis; UHPLC-HRMS; clustering; data analysis; secondary metabolites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Taxonomy of Lichens and Bryophytes in Pacific Asia

edited by

Vadim Bakalin

and

Seung Se Choi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8222 | Submission Open

Keywords: bryophytes; mosses; liverworts; hornworts; lichens; lichenicolous fungi; taxonomy; systematic; distribution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification)

Sustainable Exploitation of Plant-Based Matrices—Biologically Active Compounds and Their Extraction, Applications, and Potential Health Benefits

edited by

Dasha Mihaylova

and

Aneta Popova

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8178 | Submission Open

Keywords: polyphenols; nutraceuticals; antioxidants; phytochemicals; phyto-nutrition; sustainable; natural products; health enhancing; functional foods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Eco-Geography and Taxonomy of Plants in the Mediterranean Area

edited by

Salvatore Brullo

and

Cristina Salmeri

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7473 | Submission Open

Keywords: Vascular plants; Mediterranean; Plant biodiversity; Taxonomy; Systematics; Morphology; Phylogeny; Biogeography; Evolution; Speciation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification)

Genetics and Genomics of Crop Breeding and Improvement

edited by

Margarita A. Vishnyakova

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7445 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular breeding; MAS; genetic resources; transcriptomic; agronomic traits; target genes

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

Evolution of Land Plants

edited by

Yin-Long Qiu

and Feng Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7268 | Submission Open

Keywords: land plants; evolution; phylogenetics; evolutionary genomics; biogeography; paleobotany; specialized metabolites; chemical evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification)

Advanced Research on African Medicinal Plants

edited by

Ahmed A. Hussein

and

Ahmad Cheikhyouseef

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7249 | Submission Open

Keywords: African continents; antimicrobial activity; traditional medicine documentation; toxicity of traditional medicine; in vivo biological activities; in vitro biological activities; indigenous knowledge system; medicinal plants; phytochemical investigation; structure elucidation; discovery of new bioactive compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Stress-Resilient Maize for Climate-Vulnerable Environments

edited by

Ivica G. Djalović

and

David Caparros-Ruiz

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6955 | Submission Open

Keywords: maize; climate change; abiotic stress; novel breeding tools; genomic selection; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; double haploid (DH) technology; cropping systems; crop management; nutrient balance; soil water; nitrogen; biofortification; high-yielding; yield gap; climate-vulnerable environments

(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

Kwanuk Lee

and

Won-Byoung Chae

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6369 | Submission Open

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

Exploring Recent Biotechnological Advances for Improved Phytoremediation of Soil Contaminants

edited by Karthik Chinnannan and

Padma Nimmakayala

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5864 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; phytoextraction; hyperaccumulator plants; plant health; abiotic stress; heavy metals; organic pollutants; eco-friendly technologies; beneficial microorganisms; plant– microbial interaction; rhizosphere

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

Plant Conservation Biogeography: New Perspectives 80 Years after Nikolai Vavilov

edited by

Francisco J. Pérez-García

Fabián Martínez Hernández

and

Antonio Jesus Mendoza-Fernández

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5472 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity conservation; biogeography; chorology; conservation biology; global change; plant ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Biodiversity Management and Conservation: Exploring the Dynamics of Alien and Native Plant Species

edited by

Carmelo Maria Musarella

Ricardo Quinto-Canas

Ana Cano-Ortíz

and

Catarina Isabel Rodrigues Meireles

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4972 | Submission Open

Keywords: flora; vegetation; phytochemical; management strategies; invasive alien species (IAS); plant diversity; species distribution models (SDMs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Plant Extracts

edited by

Abdellah Farah

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4745 | Submission Open

Keywords: extraction; fractionation; isolation; plants extract; biological activities

Emerging Trends in Sustainable Processing and Technology of Plant-Derived Foods

edited by

Ernandes Rodrigues De Alencar

and

Leda R. A. Faroni

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4669 | Submission Open

Keywords: new technologies; conservation methods; processing; sustainability

Macrophytes in Inland Waters: From Knowledge to Management Ⅱ

edited by

Angelo Troia

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3685 | Submission Open

Keywords: macrophytes; hydrophytes; charophytes; wetlands; aquatic habitats; aquatic plants; biogeography; plant conservation; plant ecology; plant dispersal; plant distribution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Soil Fertility Management for Plant Growth and Development

edited by

Minggang Xu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3555 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; crop growth and productivity; soil health; forestry carbon storage

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

Plant-Microbiome Interactions

edited by

Waqar Islam

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3471 | 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)

Soil Ecology and Nutrients' Cycling in Crops and Fruits

edited by Hirzel Juan and

Maurizio Badiani

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3006 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant nutrition; manures; soil ecology; fertilizer; orchards; vineyards; crops; fruits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Effects of Metal Stress on Crops

edited by

Bruno Lemos Batista

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2912 | Submission Open

Keywords: food crops; metal exposure; metallic nanoparticles; plant stress; human health

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

Advances in Plant Anatomy and Cell Biology

edited by Ana María Gonzalez and

Javier Guido Puntieri

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2795 | Submission Open

Keywords: angiosperms; vegetative anatomy; flowers; plant tissues; glandular cells; anatomical characters

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

Strategies to Valorize Horticultural Crop Chains Related to Protected Cultivation, under the Circular Economy Perspective

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2714 | Submission Open

Keywords: protected cultivation; circular economy; sustainable production; quality; antioxidant properties; mineral composition; waste valorization

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

Phenolic Compounds: Profile and Biological Activity of Flowers and Fruits

edited by

Carlota Gómez-Rincón

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2475 | Submission Open

Keywords: antioxidant; phenolic compound; edible flowers; functional foods; flavonoids; polyphenols; biological activity; bioactive compounds; phytochemicals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Developments in Sustainable Horticulture: Resilience, Resource Protection and Rewards

edited by

Michelle Mak

and

Christopher Cazzonelli

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2336 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural plants; resilience; resource protection; sustainable horticulture

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

Smart Sensing, Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Solutions for Precision Horticulture, Tree Ecophysiology and Phenotyping

edited by Nikos Tsoulias,

Gianmarco Bortolotti

and

Luigi Manfrini

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2133 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing; artificial intelligence (AI); robotics; phenotyping; precision horticulture; precision orchard management (POM); IoT; digital twin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Mechanisms of Plant Regulation against Environmental Stress

edited by

Weibing Zhuang

Tao Wang

and

Peng Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2073 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; physiological mechanisms; molecular mechanisms; plant growth and development; stress-resistant plants; genes associated with stress resistance

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

Effects of Conservation Tillage on Crop Cultivation and Production

edited by Danijel Jug, Vladimír Smutný,

Irena Jug

and

Edward Wilczewski

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2013 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation soil tillage; sustainability; soil fertility; crop production; cover crop; soil degradation; climate change; agro-ecosystems resilience; yield and yield quality; food security; crop modeling

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

In Vivo and In Vitro Studies on Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants

edited by

Aneta Słomka

and

Ewa Muszyńska

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1709 | Submission Open

Keywords: metallophytes; hyperaccumulators; heavy metal tolerance; phytoremediation; bioremediation; in vitro culture; in vivo studies

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

Identification and Characterization of New Sources of Insect and Disease Resistance in Crops

edited by

Yinghua Huang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1702 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotic stresses; DNA markers; insect pest; host plant defense; marker-assisted selection; plant disease; plant immunity; plant improvement for resistance; plant resistance; QTL mapping; resistance mechanisms; screening methods

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

Advances in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

edited by

Marco Sarigu

and

Mariano Ucchesu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1606 | Submission Open

Keywords: archaeobotany; agriculture; diet; seeds/fruits; seed morphometry; paleobotany

Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Euro + Mediterranean Vascular Plants

edited by

Fabrizio Bartolucci

, Llorenç Sáez and

Manuel B. Crespo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1541 | Submission Open

Keywords: cytotaxonomy; herbarium data; integrative taxonomy; molecular data; morphometry; plant nomenclature; typification; vascular flora

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification)

Roles of Bryophytes in Aquatic Ecology

edited by

Gana Gecheva

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1253 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic bryophytes; freshwater; ecological factors; stressors; adaption; biomonitors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Morphological, Physiological and Carbon Balance Response of Trees under Water Stress

edited by Rafael A. Rubilar

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1151 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; drought effects; physiological adaptation; morphological response; carbon and water fluxes

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

Bioactive Metabolites from Plants as Potential Treatments for Global Diseases

edited by Valeria P. Sülsen,

Louis Pergaud Sandjo

and Lianet Monzote

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1079 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive natural molecules; chronic diseases; infectious diseases; plants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Chemical Composition, Biological Activity and Function of Plant-Based Foods

edited by Kristina Ramanauskienė

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1056 | Submission Open

Keywords: extracts; phenolic compounds; composition; quality control; bioavailability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Development of Biocontrol Products for Plant Diseases

edited by

Luis Guillermo Hernández-Montiel

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 868 | 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)

Advances in Algal Photosynthesis and Phytochemistry

edited by José Bonomi Barufi and Nelso Navarro

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 598 | Submission Open

Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence; pigments; secondary metabolites; photoregulation; oxygen production; carbon fixation; photochemical reactions

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

Exploring Plant Metabolic Pathways: Unraveling the Complexity of Plant Biochemistry

edited by Guiliang Tang and

Ting Lan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant metabolism; metabolic pathways; primary metabolism; secondary metabolism; metabolic engineering; environmental influences; abiotic stress; biotic interactions; metabolomics; systems biology

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

Nutritional Quality, and Bioactive Components of Aromatic Plants

edited by

Renata Nurzyńska-Wierdak

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: aromatic plants; natural habitats of aromatic plants; volatile plant compounds (content; composition; activity; variability); nutrients (variability); impact of variability factors (size and quality of the raw material yield); plant growth and development; cultivation of aromatic plants; plant nutrition (irrigation and fertilization); cover crops; organic farming; harvesting techniques (cultivation; natural state); produce quality; nutraceutical; aromatic and medicinal properties; primary and secondary metabolism; pre- and post-harvest factors; plant-based health-promoting products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Panor-Omics-Based Design of Next Generation Biofertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by José Antonio Carrasco López and

Eloísa Pajuelo Domínguez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; plant microbiome engineering; multi-omics; panor-omics; biofertilizers; PGPB

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

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