Advances in Plant Multi-Omics
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 11
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant stress biology; edible and medicinal fungi; grass endophyte; multi-omics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: bioinformatics; multi-omics; microRNA
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing, mass spectrometry, and bioinformatics technologies, plant research has advanced from single "omics" to the era of multi-omics integration. By comprehensively analyzing multi-dimensional data including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, epigenomics, and microbiomics, plant multi-omics provides a novel perspective for deciphering the regulatory mechanisms of plant growth and development, stress response pathways, quality formation patterns, and evolutionary adaptation strategies.
However, current plant multi-omics research still faces critical challenges such as a low efficiency of data integration, insufficient cross-scale mechanism interpretation, and a delayed translation of theoretical achievements into practical applications. To address these gaps, the journal Biology (Impact Factor: 3.5, JCR Q1) plans to launch a Special Issue entitled "Advances in Plant Multi-Omics". This Special Issue emphasizes full-chain innovation in plant multi-omics research, covering "technological method breakthroughs, in-depth mechanism interpretation, and industrial application translation". Special attention is paid to the practical value of multi-omics technologies in addressing key issues in agricultural production (e.g., stress-resistant breeding, quality improvement) and ecological conservation (e.g., species adaptability, community interaction). We hereby sincerely invite scholars worldwide in related fields to submit manuscripts, jointly building a systematic academic platform for plant multi-omics research.
This Special Issue accepts various types of research, including but not limited to the following directions, covering both basic and applied research:
- Innovation in multi-omics technologies and methods;
- Multi-omics interpretation of key biological issues;
- Translational research of multi-omics applications.
Dr. Xiuzhang Li
Dr. Zhonglong Guo
Dr. Xuekai Wei
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- multi-omics integration
- plant systems biology
- high-throughput sequencing
- bioinformatics integration
- stress response
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