Complex Interactions of Plants with Other Organisms: Particular Attention to Carnivorous and Parasitic Plants
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: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 1262
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant biology; cell ultrastructure; pollination; carnivorous plants; plant anatomy; cell wall structure and function
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Dear Colleagues,
Plants are amazing organisms that possess a kind of “intelligence”. They can cooperate with other organisms, attract them, but also deceive and exploit them. In this issue, we place special emphasis on carnivorous plants and parasitic plants. Heterotrophic or mixotrophic lifestyles are associated with diverse adaptations, both in physiology and organ structure, and at the cellular or genomic level.
In this special issue, articles on various aspects of the biology of carnivorous, parasitic, and mycotrophic plants, such as trap development and functioning, carnivorous plants as hosts, haustorium development, phytochemistry, molecular biology, genome evolution, and phylogeny, will be especially welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Bartosz Płachno
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- carnivorous plants
- parasitic plants
- mycotrophic plants
- hosts
- phytochemistry
- molecular biology
- genome evolution
- organ structure
- cellular
- genomic
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