Plant Non-coding RNAs in the Era of Biological Big Data

Dear Colleagues,

With the advancement of next-generation sequencing, plant biological research has entered the era of big data. It is an exciting time to study plant non-coding RNAs. A large number of non-coding RNAs have been detected to be expressed in a surprisingly wide range of tissue-type or cell-type expression. More and more evidence suggests that non-coding RNAs are involved in a wide range of biological processes. However, many fundamental questions in regard to their mechanism of molecular function remain largely unexplored in plants. In this Special Issue, we call for research papers addressing how different regulatory non-coding RNAs are processed and regulated; how they function in different physiological, developmental, and abiotic and biotic environments; how they interact with proteins and other functional elements to carry out their functions; and finally, how to translate our understanding of non-coding RNAs into plant breeding. Here, we would like to provide an integrated platform for the plant research community to share the latest available technologies, methodologies, and new exciting discoveries on plant non-coding RNAs. Therefore, I warmly welcome original research and review articles in these fields.

Prof. Dr. Lin Li
Prof. Mohan B. Singh
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Molecular Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. There is an Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal. For details about the APC please see here. Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.