New Advances in Plant-Fungal 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: closed (20 June 2025) | Viewed by 307
Special Issue Editor
Interests: action mechanism of fungicide; plant–pathogen interactions; resistance responses of plant host; non-coding RNAs and coding RNAs
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Dear Colleagues,
Plant diseases caused by fungal phytopathogens can negatively affect the productivity and quality of crops. The study of plant–pathogen interactions could contribute to our understanding of the occurrence and epidemic laws of diseases, the pathogenic mechanisms of pathogens, and the resistance responses of the host. At present, the axial regulation mechanisms from non-coding RNAs and coding RNAs to proteins can help us to better understand plant–pathogen interactions. In addition, the emerging field of bidirectional regulation mechanisms from plant hosts and pathogens at the RNA level can help us to reveal the mechanisms of infection or the resistance responses of the host. Meanwhile, whole-transcriptome sequencing, degradation sequencing, and single-cell sequencing, as well as the study of the interactions between coding RNAs and non-coding RNAs (circular RNAs, long non-coding RNAs, and microRNAs), would provide many methods for studying the interaction of plant host and fungal pathogens. Results have indicated that some non-coding RNAs from plant hosts or pathogens can interact with some messenger RNAs, thus changing the function of some proteins. The interactions would participate in the mechanisms of pathogens and the resistance responses of the host. Due to the success of Volume I, we now reopen it as Volume II, and seek your contribution to this significant topic. The research field relates to some important food crops, vegetables, and cash crops, and the latest advances in plant and disease interaction will be reviewed, which will provide new knowledge for domestic and foreign counterparts.
Prof. Dr. Zhuo Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- coding RNAs
- non-coding RNAs
- axial regulation mechanisms
- bidirectional regulation mechanisms
- pathogenic mechanisms of pathogens
- resistance responses of the host
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