Molecular and Ecological Insights into Weed Adaptation
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Weed Science and Weed Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 154
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechanisms of weed disasters and control technology
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Interests: allelopathy; non-chemical weed management; agroecology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will focus on weed adaptability research, integrating new progress of molecular and ecological perspectives to analyze survival strategies in artificial environments. As a key component of agricultural ecosystems, weeds adaptability poses significant challenges to crop production, particularly under the dual pressures of global population growth and climate change. This Special Issue will explore the molecular mechanisms and ecological responses of weed adaptability, providing theoretical foundations for prevention and control.
Submissions are invited on the following core themes: at the molecular level, analyzing adaptive function of weeds genes (e.g., key traits; resistance genes, etc.); at the ecological level, evaluating weeds responses to environmental changes (e.g., climate warming; land use patterns, etc.); and research highlighting the drivers of adaptive evolution, such as genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity, and their role in niche expansion within agricultural ecosystems.
This Special Issue encourages original research papers with innovative and practical value. We aim to advance integrated research on weed adaptability and support sustainable agricultural management. We look forward to your contributions, which will deepen our understanding of weed adaptability and promote eco-friendly agriculture.
Dr. Weimin Dai
Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Synowiec
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Agronomy is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- weed adaptation
- agricultural ecosystems
- molecular mechanism
- genetic variation
- phenotypic plasticity
- sustainable agriculture
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