Plant Science
A section of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737).
Section Information
Plants are primary producers capable of synthesising organic material from inorganic components, releasing oxygen in the process, thus representing the basis of life on this planet. Generally lacking a capacity to move, plants have developed an amazing array of adaptations to various biotic and abiotic stresses in their environments. They have been used by humans (ecosystem services, soil and water decontamination, carbon sequestration, food/clothing, medicine, building material), neglected (biodiversity decline, extinctions) and abused (addictive drugs, poisons).
The Section Plants of the journal Biology covers all parts of the plant kingdom (from thallophyta to angiosperms) in natural and managed landscapes as well as in aquatic and controlled environments. This journal section includes topics dealing with the whole range of structural (from subcellular compartments to ecosystems), biochemical (atoms to supramolecules), functional (wild types to transgenics and CASPR/Cas altered) and interactive levels (with other plants, microorganisms, animals and humans). Manuscripts of explanatory/mechanistic nature are particularly welcome as opposed to descriptive ones.
Keywords
- Biodiversity
- Biogeography
- Biotic and abiotic stress responses
- Carbon sequestration
- Ecosystem functions
- Gene–function relationships
- Photosynthesis
- Phytohormones
- Phytoremediation
- Plant interactions with viruses, bacteria, fungi, plants and animals
- Primary and secondary metabolism
- Seed development
- Signalling pathways
- Structure-function simulation modelling
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Plant Mycobiome: Toward the Understanding of Its Role in the Biological Control of Pathogens in Agroforestry Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Cereals (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Biological Activity of the Hydrolyzate Obtained from Food and By-Products Using Vegetable Proteases (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- 18th SEFIN Meeting and 1st Spanish-Portuguese Congress on Beneficial Plant-Microorganism Interactions (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Response in Plants under Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Treatment (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Effects of Climate Change on Forest Carbon and Nitrogen Management (Deadline: 30 July 2023)
- Research of Nitric Oxide Signaling Molecules in Plants (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- New Sight in Plant Sexual Reproduction (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Could Triticale Satisfy the Hopes Originally Placed upon It? (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Toxicity and Detoxification of Heavy Metals in Plants (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Current Advances in Weed Biology, Ecology and Management (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Biodiversity, Phylogenomics and Innovation of Plant Germplasm Resources (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Response and Adaptation of Desert Plants (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Biological Response of Plants to Environmental Changes (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Advances in Plant Immunity against Viral Infection (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Advances in Research on Diseases of Plants (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Biology, Ecology and Management of Invasive Alien Plants (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Advances in Research on Phytohormone Regulation and Disease Resistance (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Molecular Biology for Enhancing Phytonutrients in Tomato Fruit (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Recent Advances in Biosynthesis and Degradation of Plant Anthocyanin (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Cellular Transport in Plants (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Molecular Mechanism and Genetic Regulation of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Mechanism of Interaction between Rhizosphere Microbes and Host Plants (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Nurturing Resilient Crops: The Role of Biological Control in Crop Pest and Disease Management (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Seed Germination and Dormancy (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions: