Plant Responses to Microorganisms and Insects
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 229
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant biotechnology; molecular breeding; plant–virus–vector interactions; molecular diagnostics; insect cell culture; RNA interference
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Dear Colleagues,
Plant pathogenic microbes and insect pests cause significant losses to agriculture. Plants evolve to develop resistance against microbes and insects, while microbes and insects evolve to suppress the defense mechanism of plants, in a never-ending survival battle. This relationship is diverse and constitutes an enthralling field of investigation within the context of understanding the molecular pathways involved in defense, attack, and pathogenic and mutualistic interactions. Traditionally, plant–microbe and plant–insect interactions were viewed as separate fields. However, over time, researchers have come to realize that these interactions overlap, making a better understanding of them of great importance to plant biotechnologists, biologists, microbiologists, and entomologists in the development of novel resistant cultivars and sustainable control strategies against microbes and insect pests.
Researchers studying the molecular aspects of plant–pathogen–vector interactions are invited to submit their studies in this Special Issue. Original research and review articles that advance current knowledge on the tripartite relationships among plants, microbes, and insects are welcome.
Dr. Sumit Jangra
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biotic stresses
- crop protection
- signaling molecules
- transcriptomics
- proteomics
- microRNAs
- resistance mechanism
- plant–microbe–vector interactions
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