Recent Advances in Plant–Microbe Interactions
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 July 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant-microbe interaction; secondary metabolism; bioactive metabolites; biosynthesis of secondary metabolites; metabolomics; pathogenic and endophytic fungi; natural product chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to invite you to submit a research article or a review paper for this Special Issue of IJMS, ‘Recent Advances in Plant–Microbe Interactions’.
Throughout their life time, plants are surrounded by numerous microbes that either live inside the plants, on their surfaces, or nearby. These interactions can be mutually beneficial (symbiosis) or take a defense–counter defense pattern (pathosystem). Understanding these interactions is of particular interest, as they not only contribute to plant protection, but also deliver interesting molecules that may be of pharmaceutical or agricultural interest.
With the advent of synthetic biology and AI technologies, new advances have emerged in the field of plant–microbe interactions in recent years. This Special Issue will bring together an exciting body of recent research, reviews, and perspectives addressing the latest knowledge on plant–microbes interactions. Multi-disciplinary approaches that include the use of AI and synthetic biology to characterize these interactions are strongly encouraged.
Toward the goal of contributing to crop improvement and sustainability, we welcome original research articles and reviews that unveil the underlying mechanisms facilitating plant–microbe interactions.
Dr. Daowan Lai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant–microbe interactions
- plant defense
- pathogenicity
- genetics
- biochemistry
- artificial intelligence
- synthetic biology
- symbiosis
- plant protection
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