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 computational and system biology
- plant developmental biology
- plant ecology
- plant biotechnology
- plant bioactive phytochemicals
- paleobotany
- forensic botany
- ethnobotany
- plant bioinformatics
- plant genetics and genomics
- plant omics
Keywords
biotic and abiotic stress tolerance; host–pathogen interaction; plant–microbe interaction; plant–insect interaction; plant–animal interaction; plant–environment interaction; photosynthesis; primary and secondary metabolism and metabolites; phytohormones; cellulose; plastids; lignin; bioactives; phytochemicals; nutrition and nutraceuticals; membranes and membrane proteins; traffic and transport; ions and heavy metals; hydro-mineral; signaling and crosstalk; detoxification; redox status; homeostasis; epigenetics including DNA methylation and small RNAs; molecular farming; vascular plants; model plants; crops; bryophytes; algae; bioenergy; phytoremediation; functional foods; markers assisted selection; ecotypes; compartmentalization; bioreactors; proteomics/transcriptomics/metabolomics; omics; biotechnology; tissue culture; climate change; water, air and soil pollution; immunity; coevolution;
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advances in Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology for Natural Product Synthesis (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Molecular and Structural Research Advances in Model Plants (Second Edition) (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Plant–Microbe Interactions: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Crop Stress Biology and Molecular Breeding: 5th Edition (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Molecular Research on Gene Editing in Agricultural Crops (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Recent Advances in Soybean Molecular Breeding (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Molecular Advances in Understanding Plant-Microbe Interactions (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Molecular Genetics, Genomics and Breeding in Field Crops (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- The Plant Phenotyping and Phenomics for Breeding (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Adaptation to Stress (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Molecular Approach to Fern Development (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Plant Metabolomics: Uncovering the Hidden World of Plant Secondary Metabolites (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Functional and Structural Genomics Studies for Plant Breeding (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Modern Plant Cell Biotechnology: From Genes to Structure, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Plant Chloroplasts and Mitochondria: Key Organelles for Sustainable Agriculture (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Solanaceae Biology: From Genetics to Metabolism (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advances in Tea Tree Metabolism and Genetics (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Molecular Research Progress of Cereal Crop Disease Resistance (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- The Role of Melatonin in Plants: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Genetic Diversity in Plants, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advances in Tea Tree Genetics and Breeding: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Plant Responses to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stresses in Crops (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advancing Climate Resilience in Horticultural Crops Through Omics Technologies (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advances in Genetics and Breeding Research in Horticultural Crops (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Molecular Insights into Fruit Crops Development (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advance in Plant Abiotic Stress: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Molecular Biology of Plant Disease Resistance (Deadline: 28 August 2025)
- The Transcendental World of Plant Toxic Compounds (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Plant-Microbe Interaction: Current Status and Future Directions (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Role of Quorum Sensing in Plant Microbiome: Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Plants Redox Biology (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Trees Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Breeding (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Molecular Mechanisms Behind Plant–Virus Interactions: Pathogenesis and Defense (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- New Advances in Plant–Microbe Interaction (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Molecular Research on Plant Breeding (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Chemical Elicitors and Microbial Metabolites: Synergistic Mechanisms in Plant Systemic Resistance Induction (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- The Plant Cell Wall: Structural Dynamics, Functions, and Future Innovations (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Chessboard: How Plants and Insects Outsmart Each Other (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Plant Genomics and Genome Editing, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Responses of Plants to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses: Concepts and Mechanisms (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Plant–Rhizobium Interaction (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- New Advances in Plant Genetic Research (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Regulatory Mechanism and Network of Abiotic Stress-Response in Plants 2.0 (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Boosting the Production of Bioactive Compounds: Biotechnology and Metabolic Engineering of Medicinal Plants (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Advances in Research for Legume Genomics, Genetics, and Breeding, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Genetic, Epigenetic and Microbiota Molecular Insights for Crop Resilience to Abiotic Stress (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- The Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology Beyond Flowers (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Molecular Advances in Olive and Its Derivatives (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Complex Interactions of Plants with Other Organisms: Particular Attention to Carnivorous and Parasitic Plants (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Wheat Genetics and Genomics: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Plant Breeding and Genetics: New Findings and Perspectives (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Molecular Insights into Flower Gene Regulation (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Molecular Genetics, Breeding, and Multi-Omics Approaches in Rice Research (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Phytochemical Dynamics: Plant Metabolite Responses to Environmental Factors (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Fiber Plants: Genetics and Genomics, Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Applications—Novel Materials, Functional Foods and Beyond (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Forest Tree Genetics, Breeding and Environmental Adaption (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- From Plant Genomics Investigations to Plant Biotechnology Exploitation (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Damage to Plants and Microorganisms Caused by Heavy Metal Toxicity (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Plant Breeding: High-Yield and Quality, Stress-Resistant Trait Genetic Improvement and Application (Deadline: 29 September 2025)
- Rice Molecular Breeding and Genetics: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Molecular Mechanism and Breeding of Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance in Crops (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advances in Biological Breeding and Molecular Biology of Tropical Crops (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Plant Senescence Under Environmental Stresses (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advances in Plant-Derived Nanomaterials: From Molecular Mechanisms to Biofortification (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Relationship Between Plant Microbiome and Immunity (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Genetic Engineering for Stress Tolerance in Crops (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Plant Breeding Strategies: Employment of Plant Adaptation Mechanisms to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Research on Plant Genomics and Breeding: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Medicinal Plant Resources—from Molecular Studies to Sustainable Use (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advances in Plant–Pathogen Interactions (4th Edition) (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advances in Plant Biotechnology: From Pathogen Diagnostics to Disease Management (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Molecular Breeding of Plants: From CRISPR/Cas9 to Transcriptomics and MABc (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Uncovering the Basis of Plant Nutrient Uptake, Interactions and Homeostasis: Molecular Mechanisms and Their Applications (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Advanced Research in Plant–Fungus Interactions: Second Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- The Role of Phytohormones in Plant Biotic/Abiotic Stress Tolerance (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Genetics- and Genomics-Based Crop Improvement and Breeding: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- New Insights into Plant and Insect Interactions (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Advances in Seed Development and Germination (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Molecular Insights into Microbial Dynamics in Agroforestry for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Screening and Identification of Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance Functional Genes (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Plant Resilience: Insights into Abiotic and Biotic Stress Adaptations (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Crop Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance: 4th Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Plant Physiology and Molecular Nutrition: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Evolutionary Genomics in Plants: From Single Gene to Genome (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Plant Development and Abiotic Stress Response Regulation via Alternative Splicing (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Adaptations of Plant Metabolism and Their Consequences on Nutritive Potential and Bioactivity, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Molecular Characterization of Plant–Microbe Interactions (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Molecular Advances in Abiotic Stress Signaling in Plants: Focus on Atmospheric Stressors, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Research on Plant-Microbe Interactions (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Advances in Brassica Crop Metabolism and Genetics (Second Edition) (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Horticultural Crop Improvement: A New Era for Plant Molecular Research: Fourth Edition (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- New Insights into Environmental Stresses and Plants: Second Edition (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses in Trees (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Progress in Molecular Breeding and Genetic Engineering for Fruit Crop Improvement (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Plant Pathogen Interactions: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Molecular and Physiological Strategies for Plant Drought Resilience (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Genetic Regulation of Plant Growth and Protection (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Genomics, Genetics, and the Future of Fruit Improvement (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Tolerance Mechanisms of Plants Against Abiotic Stresses (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- The Gene, Genomics, and Molecular Breeding in Cruciferae Plants (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Advanced Plant Molecular Responses to Abiotic Stresses: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Omics Approaches to Unravel Plant Responses to Habitat Stresses (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Latest Molecular Research in Plant Secondary Metabolism (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Interactions between Plants and Nematodes (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Plant Development and Hormonal Signaling (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Exploring Abiotic Stress in Plants: Mechanisms, Adaptations, and Mitigation Strategies (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Advances in Plant Metabolite Research (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Signaling and Stress Adaptation in Plants (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Molecular Research on Orchid Plants: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Molecular Insights into Plant–Environment Interactions (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Phytohormone Signaling and Crosstalk in Regulation of Plant Growth and Environmental Stress Responses: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Molecular Research and Potential Effects of Medicinal Plants (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- The Molecular Basis of Plant–Microbe Interactions (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Molecular Adaptation Mechanisms of Photosynthesis to Environmental Stress (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Recent Developments in Molecular Genetic Breeding of Forest Trees (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- New Advances in Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Agronomic Traits in Crops (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- New Insights in Plant Cell Biology (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Molecular Genetics and Breeding Mechanisms in Crops: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Advances in Fruit Tree Physiology, Breeding and Genetic Research (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Plant Response to Drought, Heat, and Light Stress (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Molecular Biology of Soybean (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Molecular and Physiological Analysis of Stress in Plants (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Advances in Molecular Research on Plant-Fungi Interactions (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Research on Artificial Intelligence in Plant Biology (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Plant Tolerance to Stress (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Heavy Metal and Fluoride Stress: Toxicity and Tolerance Mechanisms in Plants (Deadline: 29 November 2025)
- Study on Organellar Genomes of Vascular Plants (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Environmental Stress and Metabolic Responses in Plants (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Latest Advances in Plant Abiotic Stress (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Molecular Markers and Genetic Diversity in Plants (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Stress Signaling and Horticultural Crops Quality Control (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Analyzing the Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Disease Pathogenesis and Host Disease Resistance (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Plant Metabolites under Environmental Stress: Mechanisms, Responses and Adaptation Strategies (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Advances in the Genetics and Precision Breeding of Tomato (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Functional Genomics and Computational Biology of Horticultural Plants (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Plant Molecular Ecology and Genomic Perspectives (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Climate Change Mitigation Strategies in Grapevine Molecular, Biochemical, and Physiological Performance (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Omics Approach to Uncovering Signalling and Gene Regulation in Plants (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Gene Editing for Cereal Crops (Deadline: 1 December 2025)
- Plant Genome Editing (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- New Insights of Fungal and Plant Lipids: Structural Diversity, Metabolism and Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Abscisic Acid, a New Old Friend to Regulate Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Plant Biodiversity and Molecular Marker Technology: Discovery and Application of DNA Polymorphisms (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Signal Transduction Mechanism in Plant Disease and Immunity: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Responses to Light (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Current Research on Plant Hormones Affecting Crop Yield and Fruit Quality (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Integrating Molecular Insights on Plant Microbes and Insect Pests (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Plant Responses to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Nitric Oxide and Photosynthetic Machinery: Unveiling Molecular Mechanisms and Redox Balancing (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- New Insights into Photosystem I (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Molecular Advances in Plant Reproductive Development (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Plant Responses to Heavy Metals: From Deficiency to Excess, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Advances in Secondary Metabolites in Plants (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Regulatory Mechanisms of Development and Abiotic Stress Response by Transcriptional Regulators in Plants: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Rapeseed: Genetic Breeding, Key Trait Mining and Genome (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Genetics and Breeding for Sugar Crops (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Genetic Engineering of Plants for Stress Tolerance, Second Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Emerging Insights into Phytohormone Signaling in Plants (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Molecular Research of Abiotic Stress in Plants (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Advances in Vegetable Breeding and Molecular Research (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Latest Reviews in Molecular Plant Science 2025 (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Metabolomics of Medicinal Plants (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Molecular and Genetic Advances in Plant Breeding (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Roots, Transporters, and Signals: Molecular Insights into Plant Mineral Nutrition and Heavy Metals Stress (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Plant and Environmental Interactions (Abiotic Stress) (Deadline: 30 December 2025)
- Evolutionary Drivers and Adaptive Mechanisms in Algal Organellar Genomes (Deadline: 30 December 2025)
- Plant Stress Biology (Deadline: 30 December 2025)
- 25th Anniversary of IJMS: Updates and Advances in Molecular Plant Sciences (Deadline: 30 December 2025)
- Molecular Insights into Plasma in Seed and Plant Treatment (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Molecular Research in Bamboo, Tree, Grass, and Other Forest Products (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Plant Genome Evolution and Environmental Adaptation (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Advances in Plant RNA Biology: Non Coding RNAs in Plant Development, Defense, and Adaptation (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Focus on Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Breeding (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Functional Genomics and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Stress Responses (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Advanced Researches of Plant-Pathogen Interaction (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Genome Editing and Biotechnology in Fruit Improvement (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Molecular and Adaptive Mechanisms in Forest Genetics for a Sustainable Future (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Plant Responses to Microorganisms and Insects (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Chlorophylls and Carotenoids: Metabolism and Regulation in Plants (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Plant Epigenetic Memory Under Abiotic Stress (Deadline: 11 January 2026)
- Molecular Mechanism Underlying Plant Drought and Salinity Stress Tolerance (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Abiotic Stresses in Plants: From Molecules to Environment—2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Molecular Breeding and Genetic Regulation of Crops, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Metabolomics Research of Environmental Stress in Plants (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Advances in Plant Cell Dynamics (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- New Insights into Plant Stress (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Molecular Insights and Regulation Mechanisms of Tea Quality (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Photosynthesis and Stress Signaling (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Latest Research on Plant Genomics and Genome Editing, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Advances in Plant Nematology Research (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses of Vegetable Crops (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Advancements and Trends in Plant Genomics (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Nanoscience in Plants: Omics Approaches to Elucidate the Role of Nanoparticles (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Plant Molecular Regulatory Networks and Stress Responses (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Abiotic Stress in Plants: Physiological and Molecular Responses (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Iron and Sulfur in Plants, 4th Edition (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Novel Insights into Buckwheat Reproductive Biology (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Advancing Mycorrhizal Research for Promoting Plant Growth Under Abiotic Stress (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Gene Mining and Germplasm Innovation for the Important Traits in Rice (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Transcription Factors in Plant Gene Expression Regulation, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Autophagy and Programmed Cell Death in Plants and Algae (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Cotton Molecular Genomics and Genetics (Third Edition) (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Molecular Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Exploring Tolerance Mechanisms in Plants Under Stress (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- ROS and Abiotic Stress in Plants, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advances in Molecular Plant Sciences
- Advances in Plant Cell and Organism Development (Closed)
- Feature Papers in Molecular Plant Sciences
- Genetics and Molecular Breeding in Plants
- Photosynthesis in Plants and Algae: Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Perspectives (Closed)
- Recent Advances in Plant Molecular Science in China 2021 (Closed)
- The Plant Cell Walls and Their Impact on Plant Physiology (Closed)
