Molecular Plant Sciences
A section of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067).
Section Information
This section of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) aims to rapidly publish contributions on all aspects of plant molecular biology, at gene, protein and metabolite levels, and to help plant scientists exchange knowledge and increase visibility of their studies toward specialists in other molecular aspects of life sciences. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- plant biophysics, biochemistry, and molecular biology
- plant cell biology
- plant physiology
- plant pathology
- plant bioinformatics
- plant bioactive phytochemicals
- plant genetics and genomics
- plant omics
- plant developmental biology
- plant ecology
- plant computational and system biology
- paleobotany
- forensic botany
- ethnobotany
- plant biotechnology
More information can be found in the Editorial.
Keywords
biotechnology; biotic and abiotic stress tolerance; host–pathogen interaction; plant–microbe interaction; plant–insect interaction; plant–animal interaction; plant–environment interaction; climate change; water, air and soil pollution; immunity; coevolution; proteomics/transcriptomics/metabolomics; omics approaches; photosynthesis; primary and secondary metabolism and metabolites; phytohormones; cellulose; plastids; lignin; bioactives; phytochemicals; nutrition and nutraceuticals; functional foods; membranes and membrane proteins; traffic and transport; ions and heavy metals; hydro-mineral; signaling and crosstalk; detoxification; redox status; omeostasis; tissue culture; phytoremediation; cell wall; compartmentalization; bioreactors; markers; markers assisted selection; ecotypes; epigenetics including DNA methylation and small RNAs; molecular farming; vascular plants; model plants; crops; bryophytes; algae; bioenergy
Editorial Board
Topic Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Electrical and Chemical Signaling in Plant Defence (Deadline: 25 May 2021)
- Bioactive Compounds from Natural Products for the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases (Deadline: 28 May 2021)
- Biochemical and Molecular Regulations of Priming: How Plants Enhance Their Defence against Environmental Pressures (Deadline: 31 May 2021)
- Transcriptomic Basis and Nutrient Dependent Signaling Pathways in Plant Development 2.0 (Deadline: 31 May 2021)
- Plant Elicitors of Resistance and The Future of Plant Protection 2020 (Deadline: 31 May 2021)
- Role of Epigenetic Mechanisms in Plants: From Basic to Applicative Aspects 2.0 (Deadline: 31 May 2021)
- Biological Networks of Specialized Metabolites and Plants (Deadline: 31 May 2021)
- Environmental Stress and Plants (Deadline: 31 May 2021)
- Chloroplast 3.0 (Deadline: 15 June 2021)
- Underground Mechanism to Enhance Nutrient Use Efficiency in Rice (Deadline: 25 June 2021)
- Plant Nutrition: Physiological and Metabolic Responses, Molecular Mechanisms and Chromatin Modifications (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Plant Genomics and Genome Editing (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Evolutionary Genomics of Crops and Its Wild Relatives (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Gene Transcriptional Regulation in Crops during Postharvest (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Iron and Sulfur in Plants 2.0 (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Molecular Bases of Stress Adaptation in Plants: The Contribute of Regulation by Small RNAs in Plant Development and Stress Response (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Novel Approaches to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Plant Innate Immunity 4.0 (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Genetics and Breeding of Wheat (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Molecular Interactions between Microbes and Trees (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Flavonoids (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Mapping Abiotic Stress-Tolerance Genes in Plants 2021 (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- The Role of Sugars in Plant Responses to Stress and Their Regulatory Function during Development (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Genetic Control of Plant Drought Tolerance (Deadline: 1 July 2021)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Plant-Rhizosphere Communication (Deadline: 23 July 2021)
- Meristem and Stem Cells and Stem Cell Regulation in Plants (Deadline: 23 July 2021)
- Fruit Physiology through Signaling Processes: Latest Advances and Future Challenges (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- The Effects of Magnetic Fields on Plants (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Molecular Analysis of Crop Diversity (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- DNA Damage and Repair in Plants 2.0 (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Selected Papers from International Conference on Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology 2020 (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Fruit and Seed Development (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Mechanisms of Drought, Temperature and Salinity Tolerance in Plants (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Paramylon and other Glucans (Deadline: 15 August 2021)
- Advances in Our Understanding of the Plant Thylakoid and Its Lumen—from Empty Space to Crowded Compartment (Deadline: 15 August 2021)
- Morphology and Physiology of Seeds and Other Plant Storage Tissues (Deadline: 15 August 2021)
- Antioxidant Metabolic Pathways in Plants 2.0 (Deadline: 20 August 2021)
- Contribution of Genomics to Fruit Quality and Postharvest Biology (Deadline: 20 August 2021)
- Modes of Action of Polyamine Metabolism (Deadline: 20 August 2021)
- Plant Biomechanics (Deadline: 27 August 2021)
- Metabolic Processes during Seed Germination (Deadline: 27 August 2021)
- Plant Defense against Pathogens and Herbivores (Deadline: 27 August 2021)
- Plant Responses and Tolerance to Salt Stress: Physiological and Molecular Interventions (Deadline: 30 August 2021)
- Post-Transcriptional Regulation in Plant Organelles (Deadline: 30 August 2021)
- Protein Intrinsic Disorder in Plant Biology II (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- The Role of Melatonin in Plants (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Plant Cell and Organism Development 2.0 (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- New Horizons in Plant Cell Signaling (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Light Reactions and Oxidative Stress in Photosynthesis (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Plant Stimulation by Microalgae and Cyanobacteria (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Wheat Breeding through Genetic and Physical Mapping 2.0 (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Biopesticides: Mode of Action and Molecular Aspects (Deadline: 24 September 2021)
- Cotton Molecular Genetics and Genomics (Deadline: 24 September 2021)
- Plant Non-coding RNAs in the Era of Biological Big Data (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants in 2021 (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Hormonal Regulations of Plant Development (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- G Protein-Mediated Signalling in Plants (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Plant Proteomic Research 4.0 (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- CRISPR-Mediated Base Editing in Plants (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Intercellular Trafficking and Signaling in Plant (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Cannabinoids and Contractile Function (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Osmotic Stress Tolerance in Plants (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Sugar Transport in Plants (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Pigments and Volatiles in Flowers (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Plant DNA Repair and Recombination (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Biological Properties of Minor Crop Bioactive Compounds (Deadline: 15 October 2021)
- Crop Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance (Deadline: 16 October 2021)
- Plant Non-coding RNAs (Deadline: 29 October 2021)
- Tree Genetic Engineering, Genome Editing and Genomics (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Epigenetics and Chromatin Modifications in Plants (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Molecular Mechanisms in Plant Senescence and Death (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Functional Genomics Approaches for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Pollen-Pistil Interaction (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Light as a Growth and Development Regulator to Control Plant Biology (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Plant Metabolites and Their Reprogramming for Plant Tolerance under Environmental Stress (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Recent Advancements and Current Challenges in Crop Improvement: A Physiological and Molecular Persepective (Deadline: 25 November 2021)
- Molecular Research in Rice: Agronomically Important Traits 2.0 (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Advances in the Molecular Mechanisms of Abscisic Acid and Gibberellins Functions in Plants 2.0 (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Heavy Metals Accumulation, Toxicity and Detoxification in Plants 2.0 (Deadline: 1 December 2021)
- Phosphorus Efficiency in Plants: Genetics, Molecular Mechanisms and Applications (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Biotechnology for the Valorization of Plant Resources Using Plant Cells, Tissues and Organs (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Genetic Analysis Based on CRISPR/Cas9 Technology (Deadline: 25 December 2021)
- Structural/Functional Characterization of Plant Proteins 2.0 (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Plant Disease Resistance 2.0 (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Auxin–New Insights into the Modus Operandi of a Well-Known Plant Hormone 2.0 (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- New Insight into Signaling and Autophagy in Plants 2.0 (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Drought-Stress Induced Physiological and Molecular Changes in Plants (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Plant-Microbe Interactions (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Plant Hormones Brassinosteroids and Its Actions in Plants (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Ubiquitylation in Plant Developmental and Physiological Processes (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Mitoribosomal Proteins in Plants (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Antioxidant and Cellular Defense Properties of Phytochemicals (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- ROS and Abiotic Stress in Plants 2.0 (Deadline: 15 April 2022)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Bioactive Phytochemicals: Biosynthesis and Functional Role In Planta, and Health-Promoting Effects in Animals and Humans
- Climate Change and Plant Organisms: From Molecules to Ecosystems
- Feature Papers in Molecular Plant Sciences
- Genetics and Molecular Breeding in Plants
- Mapping Essential Genes and Adaptation Genes Based on Genome Assembly and Annotation of Plants and Animals
- Photosynthesis in Plants and Algae: Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Perspectives
- Phytohormone Signaling and Crosstalk in Regulation of Plant Growth and Environmental Stress Responses
- Plant Health and Food Security
- The Plant Cell Walls and Their Impact on Plant Physiology
