Molecular Insights into Plant–Pathogen Interactions and Resistance Mechanism
A special issue of Current Issues in Molecular Biology (ISSN 1467-3045). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 45
Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant diseases triggered by microbial pathogens cause massive global crop yield losses each year, severely threatening food security, agricultural sustainability and ecological balance. Conventional chemical disease control faces bottlenecks including pesticide residue, pathogen drug resistance and environmental pollution. Uncovering the molecular dialogue between host plants and invading pathogens, as well as dissecting innate plant immune resistance pathways, has become a core frontier of modern plant pathology. Decoding core resistance mechanisms lays critical theoretical foundations for breeding disease-resistant crop varieties and developing eco-friendly plant protection strategies, which bears prominent agricultural and ecological significance. We are pleased to invite you to submit original research and review manuscripts focusing on the molecular basis of plant–pathogen interactions.
This Special Issue aims to systematically gather cutting-edge research revealing molecular regulatory networks underlying plant–pathogen recognition, signal transduction and host resistance responses, fully aligning with the journal’s scope covering plant molecular biology, crop pathology and plant immunity.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following: pathogen effector protein functions; plant pattern recognition receptor (PRR) signaling; hormone-mediated immune regulation; host resistance gene cloning and functional verification; RNA-based plant disease resistance; epigenetic regulation in plant–pathogen crosstalk; biocontrol agent molecular mechanisms.
We look forward to receiving your contribution.
Prof. Dr. Xiuping Zou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant-pathogen interaction
- plant immunity
- resistance mechanism
- pathogen effector
- molecular signalling
- crop disease
- pattern recognition receptor
- hormone regulation
- disease resistance breeding
- microbial pathogenesis
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