Metabolomics and Transcriptomics of Emerging Crop Diseases: Crop–Pathogen Interaction and Host Mechanisms

Dear Colleagues,

The most crucial research area in modern plant pathology is unraveling the signaling and defense mechanisms triggered in plants by various pathogens. Recent advances in metabolomics and transcriptomics allow a system-level understanding of host responses. Moreover, both advantageous and disadvantageous changes in environmental conditions such as light, temperature, humidity, and soil composition can influence the occurrence of plant diseases or plant tolerance/resistance to viruses, bacteria, and fungi.

This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive platform for exploring the molecular, metabolic, and genetic determinants of crop diseases and host defense mechanisms. By integrating multi-omics approaches, we seek to advance knowledge on how plants perceive, respond to, and resist pathogen attacks.

Topics of interest include the following:

• Plant disease development and its determinants;
• Metabolic profiles and secondary metabolite biosynthesis in susceptible and resistant plants;
• Analysis of the plant transcriptome during a pathogen attack;
• Transcriptomic, proteomic, and multi-omics analyses during pathogen infection;
• Environmental modulation of plant defense responses and stress signaling.

In this Special Issue, we welcome original research papers performed under laboratory and field conditions and comprehensive reviews, addressing all aspects of plant–pathogen interactions, including signaling pathways, metabolic networks, and host defense mechanisms.

Dr. Violetta Katarzyna Macioszek
Prof. Dr. Andrzej K. Kononowicz
Guest Editors

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