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
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Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advanced Research in Plant–Fungus Interactions: Second Edition (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Mechanisms of Drought and Heat Tolerance in Plants (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Advances in Brassica Crop Metabolism and Genetics (Deadline: 15 October 2024)
- Plant Adaptation Mechanism to Stress (Deadline: 18 October 2024)
- Molecular Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Physiological and Biochemical Research on Forest Plants to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Molecular Breeding and Genetic Regulation of Crops (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Plant Physiology and Molecular Nutrition (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Tree Plant Genomics: Towards a Future with Evolutionary Significance and Breeding Applications (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Molecular Interactions between Plants and Pests (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Role of Abscisic Acid in Plant Stress Response (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Seed Reserve Mobilization: Unveiling Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms (Deadline: 25 October 2024)
- Omics Studies for Stress Responses and Adaptive Evolution in Plants (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plant Stress Tolerance (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- New Insights into Photosystem I (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Plant Omics: Sensing, Signaling, Regulation and Homeostasis (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Genetics and Molecular Breeding of Cucurbitaceous Crops (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- The Role of Phytohormones in Plant Biotic/Abiotic Stress Tolerance (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Plant Pathogen Interactions: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- New Advances in Plant-Fungal Interactions, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Understanding the Genetics of Complex Traits in Plants: Association Analysis and Genomic Selection Methods (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Insect-Plant Interactions: From Genes to Biochemical Elements (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Advances in Research on Fruit Crop Breeding and Genetics: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- The Gene, Genomics, and Molecular Breeding in Cruciferae Plants (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Formation, Regulation and Affecting Factors of Fruit Quality, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Plant Defense Response to Microbial, Herbivorous, and Environmental Interactions (Deadline: 10 November 2024)
- Research on Plant Genomics and Breeding: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Plant Development and Cell Function (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Metal Stress in Plants, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Advances in Plant Metabolite Research (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Current Research on Plant Hormones Affecting Crop Yield and Fruit Quality (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- The Contribution of Genetics and Genomics to Crop Breeding for Quantitative/Qualitative Traits (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Plant Phylogenomics and Genetic Diversity (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- New Insights of Fungal and Plant Lipids: Structural Diversity, Metabolism and Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Plant Development and Abiotic Stress Response Regulation via Alternative Splicing (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Plant Secondary Metabolites in Plant Defence against Abiotic and Biotic Stresses: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Mechanism of Redox Signal Transduction in Plants (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Gene Regulation and Genome Editing: New Insight in Plant Growth, Development, and Adaptation (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Genetics and Novel Techniques for Soybean Pivotal Characters (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Nutrient in the Plants: Friend or Foe? (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Medicinal Plants for Tumor Treatments (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Plant–Microbe Interactions (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Long Non-coding RNAs in Plants (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Recent Advances in Molecular Breeding for Drought and Salt Stress Tolerance in Crops: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Advances in Computational and Functional Genomics-Based Research on Phytomelatonin (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Gene Mining and Germplasm Innovation for the Important Traits in Rice (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Plant Genome Editing (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Advances in Plant Virus Diseases and Virus-Induced Resistance (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Biostimulants (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Study on Organellar Genomes of Vascular Plants (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Spectral Control of Stress Response in Plants (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Advances in Plant Saline-Alkali Stress (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Unraveling Sugar Signaling: Insights into Plant Stress Responses (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Latest Epigenetic Research in Plants (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advances in Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology for Natural Product Synthesis (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Plant Hormone Signaling (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Plant Responses to Heat Stress (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Photosynthetic Reactions: From Molecules to Function and Simple Models to Complex Systems—2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- The Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) in Agriculture (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advances in Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics of Fruit Crops (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Interactions between Plants and Nematodes (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Research Advances in Ornamental Plants Breeding and Biotechnology: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- The Molecular Research of Plant and Microbial Communities (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Defense against Abiotic Stress 2.0 (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Molecular and Structural Research Advances in Model Plants (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Latest Research on Plant Genomics and Genome Editing (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Recent Advances in Epigenetics in Plant Research (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Boosting the Production of Bioactive Compounds: Biotechnology and Metabolic Engineering of Medicinal Plants (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Developing Methods and Molecular Basis in Plant Biotechnology (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Plant Respiration in the Light and Photorespiration (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Biocontrol of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Rice Molecular Breeding and Genetics: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- New Insights into Plant Pathology and Abiotic Stress (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advances in Genetics and Phylogenomics of Tree (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Exploring Signaling, Cellular and Molecular Plant Defense against Viruses (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- The Dynamics of Redox Metabolism in Plants (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Plant-Microbe Interaction: Current Status and Future Directions (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Plant Response to Abiotic Stress—3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Signaling and Stress Adaptation in Plants (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Plant Resilience Mechanisms for Coping with Environmental Stresses: Paving the Path to a Sustainable Future (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Advanced Plant Molecular Responses to Abiotic Stresses (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Solanaceae Biology: From Genetics to Metabolism (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Advances in Tea Tree Metabolism and Genetics (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Genetics- and Genomics-Based Crop Improvement and Breeding: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Molecular Advances in Olive and Its Derivatives (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advances in Breeding and Genetics of Wheat Crops: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- The Role of Melatonin in Plants: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants in 2024 (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- New Insights in Plant Abiotic Stress (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Biostimulant Regulation of Stress Tolerance in Plants (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Genetic Engineering of Plants for Stress Tolerance (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Molecular Research in Abiotic Stress Tolerance (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- The Role of Sugars in Plant Responses to Stress and Their Regulatory Function during Development—3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Genetic Regulation of Plant Growth and Protection (Deadline: 10 January 2025)
- Biosynthesis and Regulatory Mechanism of Secondary Metabolites in Medicinal Plants: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Molecular Mechanism of Plant Mineral Nutrient Transport under Drought Stress (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Molecular Approach to Fern Development (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Phytohormones: From Physiological Response to Application (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- New Insights into Environmental Stresses and Plants (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- New Horizons in Vegetable Genetics and Genetic Breeding (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Molecular Crop Management: Emerging Role of Nucleic Acids in Agriculture (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Molecular Regulation of Drought and Salinity Tolerance in Plants (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Regulation of Transcription Factor–Hormone Networks in Plants (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- The Transcendental World of Plant Toxic Compounds (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Recent Research in Plant Abiotic Stress (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Advances in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Functional Genomics of Energy Crops 2.0 (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Molecular Trends and Prospects in Plant-Pathogen Interactions (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Plant Biodiversity and Molecular Marker Technology: Discovery and Application of DNA Polymorphisms (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Sugar Signaling in Plants and Its Interaction with Phytohormones (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Plant Metabolomics: Uncovering the Hidden World of Plant Secondary Metabolites (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Olive (Olea europaea L.) (Deadline: 21 January 2025)
- Molecular Research in Fruit Crop: Second Edition (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
- Complex Interactions of Plants with Other Organisms: Particular Attention to Carnivorous and Parasitic Plants (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
- Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Abiotic Stresses in Crops (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
- Vegetable Genetics and Genomics, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Wheat Genetics and Genomics: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Molecular Research Progress of Cereal Crop Disease Resistance (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Role of Quorum Sensing in Plant Microbiome: Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Abiotic Stresses in Plants: From Molecules to Environment—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Genetic Diversity in Plants, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Iron and Sulfur in Plants, 4th Edition (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Advances in Tea Tree Genetics and Breeding: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Plant Responses to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Advances in Tomato Breeding and Molecular Research (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Molecular Research in Plant Adaptation to Abiotic Stress (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Advances in Forest Tree Physiology, Breeding and Genetic Research: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Horticultural Crop Improvement: A New Era for Plant Molecular Research: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Molecular Characterization of Plant-Virus Interactions (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Phytohormones during Plant Growth, Development and Environmental Stress Adaptation (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Genomic Perspective on Forest Genetics and Phytopathobiomes (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Postharvest Biology and Molecular Research of Fruits (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Molecular Mechanism of Pollen and Pollen Tube Development (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Molecular Insights into Flower Gene Regulation (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Regulatory Mechanism and Network of Abiotic Stress-Response in Plants 2.0 (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Molecular Research on Orchid Plants: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Regulation on Nutrient Sensing, Signaling and Transport in Plants (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Advance in Plant Abiotic Stress: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Advances in Research for Legume Genomics, Genetics, and Breeding, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Modern Plant Cell Biotechnology: From Genes to Structure, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Crop Stress Biology and Molecular Breeding: 4th Edition (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Molecular Mechanisms of Salinity Tolerance: Experience from Salt Tolerant Algae and Halophyte Plants (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Plant Meristem Structure and Function (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Molecular Insight into Oxidative Stress in Plants (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Transcription Factors in Plant Gene Expression Regulation (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Crop Genome Editing : 2nd Edition (Deadline: 26 February 2025)
- New Insights into Plant and Insect Interactions (Second Edition) (Deadline: 27 February 2025)
- Integrating Molecular Insights on Plant Microbes and Insect Pests (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Recent Advances in Plant Somatic Embryogenesis: Where We Stand and Where to Go: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Phytochemical Dynamics: Plant Metabolite Responses to Environmental Factors (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advances in Molecular Breeding for Pest and Disease Resistance in Legume Crops (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Molecular Insights into Microbial Dynamics in Agroforestry for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advancing Climate Resilience in Horticultural Crops Through Omics Technologies (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advances in Plant Development and Hormonal Responses (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advances in Seed Development and Germination (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
- Functional and Structural Genomics Studies for Plant Breeding (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Plant Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Molecular Studies on Plant and Plant In Vitro Systems Secondary Metabolism (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Secondary Metabolites and Their Synthetic Derivatives as Potential Plant Protection Products (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Advances in Plant–Pathogen Interactions: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Genetic, Epigenetic and Microbiota Molecular Insights for Crop Resilience to Abiotic Stress in Times of Climate Change (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Plant Development and Hormonal Signaling (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Plant Molecular Breeding and Resistance: Phenomics, Genomics and Gene Editing—Second Edition (Deadline: 30 March 2025)
- Interactions of Plants with Bacteria and Fungi (Deadline: 30 March 2025)
- Respiration and Photosynthetic Function in Plants (Deadline: 30 March 2025)
- Adaptations of Plant Metabolism and Their Consequences on Nutritive Potential and Bioactivity, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Signal Transduction Mechanism in Plant Disease and Immunity 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Screening and Identification of Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance Functional Genes (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Molecular Genetics, Breeding, and Multi-Omics Approaches in Rice Research (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Molecular Biology of Cucurbitaceae Family Plants (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Plant Responses to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Advances in Algae Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
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)