Plant–Microbe Interactions: 2nd Edition
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 July 2025 | Viewed by 964
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soil science; soil-plant interactions; plant-microbe interactions; crop development
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Dear Colleagues,
Plants are offen affected by beneficial and pathogenic microorganisms. Microbiota are associated with crop growth and development due to their functions in mobilizing non-labile nutrients, mitigating abiotic and biotic stresses, and preventing pathogen infection. For example, Rhizobium can carry out nutrient transfer, fight pathogenic microorganisms, provide mineral nutrients to plants, and directly stimulate plant growth through phytohormones. The rhizosphere is the plant–soil interface colonized by bacterial and fungal communities that may exert growth-promoting and adaptive benefits to plants.
This Special Issue provides a platform for molecular mechanistic research on plant–microbe interactions and plant development. We warmly welcome your submissions of original papers and reviews based on results from molecular points of view.
This Special Issue is supervised by Dr. Jian Jin and assisted by our Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Xingguo Li (College of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China).
Dr. Jian Jin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant
- crop
- rhizosphere microbiome
- microbial colonization
- quorum sensing
- endophytic microbes
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