New Advances in Plant–Microbe Interaction
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: 30 August 2025 | Viewed by 101
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biotic and abiotic stresses; plant stress response; biofertilizers/biostimulants; PGPR; rhizobia; compost; AMF; salinity; drought; biochar
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Interests: plant tolerance; biotic and abiotic stresses; biostimu-lants/biofertilizers; salinity, drought; AMF; PGPR; organic amendments
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent advances in molecular biology have considerably improved our understanding of the interactions between plants and microbes. Studies on plant microbiota reveal that complex molecular signals regulate these interactions, promoting growth and resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses. In addition, mechanisms such as signalling by bacterial and fungal effectors, and the regulation of plant defence pathways via interfering RNA, are increasingly well understood. Omics approaches are making it possible to identify the key genes involved in these interactions. These advances pave the way for applications in sustainable agriculture, notably through the use of biofertilisers and biopesticides based on optimised symbioses. This special issue of IJMS will feature original research and review articles with the aim of providing an overview of advances in the molecular basis of interactions between plants and microbes. We particularly welcome research and review articles that contribute to (but are not limited to) the following topics:
- Molecular recognition and signalling of the microbiota
- Regulation of plant gene expression in response to microbes
- Microbial modulation of plant immunity
- Molecular mechanisms of plant-microbe communication
- Omics approaches to the study of plant-microbe interactions
- Molecular interaction plants-microbes for tolerance to a/biotic stresses
- Molecular biotechnology for improving stress resistance
Dr. Raja Ben-Laouane
Dr. Mohamed Ait-El-Mokhtar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomarkers
- molecular biotechnology
- cell signalling
- microbiota signaling
- genetic editing of microbes
- plant-microbe stress response
- plant-microbe stress mitigation
- plant-microbe underlying mechanisms
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