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Plant Responses to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

edited by

Shu Yuan

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 24 articles | Viewed by 39994

Keywords: plant enzymes and metabolites; abiotic stress; stress response; phytohormones; secondary metabolism; gene regulation network; developmental and environmental adaptation; microbial interactions; biotic stress; pathogen response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Genetic Engineering of Plants for Stress Tolerance, Second Edition

edited by

Moxian Chen

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17836

Keywords: CRISPR-Cas system; RNA interference; abiotic and biotic stresses; transcriptional regulation; post-transcriptional regulation; post-translational modification; genetic evolution; biotechnology; molecular mechanisms; regulatory circuits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

The Molecular Basis of Plant–Microbe Interactions

edited by

Stephan Pollmann

Luis Morales-Quintana

and

Patricio Ramos

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15193

Keywords: plant immune and defense responses; microbe and microbiome function; microbial biodiversity; abiotic and biotic stress mitigation; gene regulatory mechanisms; plant hormones in plant– microbe interactions; molecular mechanisms of plant growth and microbe interactions; chemical communication in plant– microbe interactions; microbe effects on fruit quality; OMICs approaches (metagenomics; metatranscriptomics; epigenomics; transcriptomics; metabolomics); bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

New Insights in Plant Cell Biology

edited by

Jacek Z. Kubiak

and

Malgorzata Kloc

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13028

Keywords: chloroplasts; cell wall; vacuoles; microtubule cytoskeleton; plant-cell-specific structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Regulatory Mechanisms of Development and Abiotic Stress Response by Transcriptional Regulators in Plants: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yong-Hwan Moon

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12365

Keywords: transcriptional regulator; transcription activation; transcription factor; transcription repression; plant development; abiotic stress response; epigenetic regulation; genome-wide analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Plant Development and Abiotic Stress Response Regulation via Alternative Splicing

edited by

Yong-Hwan Moon

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10920

Keywords: plants; development; abiotic stress responses; alternative splicing; transcriptional regulation; signaling; splicing factors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Phytohormone Signaling and Crosstalk in Regulation of Plant Growth and Environmental Stress Responses: 2nd Edition

edited by

Lam-Son Phan Tran

and Mohammad G. Mostofa

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6118

Keywords: plant hormones; hormonal crosstalk; signal transduction; stress signaling; root system architecture; shoot branching; leaf development; phytohormone-responsive factors; transcriptional regulators; gene expression; plant physiology; senescence; plant plasticity; regulatory mechanisms; hormone homeostasis; stress adaptation/acclimatization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Molecular Characterization of Plant–Microbe Interactions

edited by

Cristina Pinedo-Rivilla

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5228

Keywords: phytopathogen; plant pathology; phytopathogen fungi; phytopathogen bacteria; phytoalexins; plant defense; allelopathy; fungicides

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Molecular Insights into Flower Gene Regulation

edited by Wen‑Chieh Tsai

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4197

Keywords: floral gene regulation; flowers; homeotic genes; MADSBox; pollination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Research on Artificial Intelligence in Plant Biology

edited by Haopeng Yu

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2905

Keywords: artificial intelligence; plant biology; RNA regulation; DNA regulatory elements; plant development; plant biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Molecular and Physiological Analysis of Stress in Plants

edited by

Yong Li

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2344

Keywords: plant stress; biotic stress; abiotic stress; stress response; gene expression; epigenetic stress memory; ABA; SA

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Molecular Adaptation Mechanisms of Plants to Environmental Stress

edited by

Michael Moustakas

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1325

Keywords: signal perception; signal transduction; post-translational modifications; stress response genes; reactive oxygen species; osmoprotectant; antioxidants; plant hormones; stress-related proteins; climate change; biotic stress; abiotic stress

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Advances in Biological Breeding and Molecular Biology of Tropical Crops

edited by Yongzan Wei

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1206

Keywords: tropical crops; biological breeding; tropical fruit; molecular biology; gene editing; transcrip-tional regulation; genomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Chessboard: How Plants and Insects Outsmart Each Other

edited by

Mateusz Labudda

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1186

Keywords: acarology; biotic stress; entomology nitric oxide; oxidative stress; phytopathology; reactive nitrogen species; reactive oxygen species

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Omics Approaches to Unravel Plant Responses to Habitat Stresses

edited by

Claudia Uhde-Stone

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1181

Keywords: omics; multi-omics; high-throughput technologies; biotic stress; abiotic stress; environmental stress; crosstalk; translational biology; crop improvement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Abscisic Acid, a New Old Friend to Regulate Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

edited by Marta Marina Pérez-Alonso and

Miguel González-Guzmán

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1141

Keywords: abscisic acid (ABA); ABA perception; ABA signaling network; abiotic stress; hormonal crosstalk; crop species; stress tolerance; plant productivity; agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Advances in Plant-Derived Nanomaterials: From Molecular Mechanisms to Biofortification

edited by

Ágnes Szepesi

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 398

Keywords: nanotechnology; green synthesis; sustainable nanomaterials; nano– bio interactions; crop production; plant-based solutions; bio-corona

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Cross-Kingdom Conversations: Deciphering Molecular Interactions in Microorganisms and Plants

edited by Eun-Hae Kwon

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– microbe interactions; cross-kingdom signaling; plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs); molecular communication; synthetic microbial communities (SynComs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Heavy Metal and Fluoride Stress: Toxicity and Tolerance Mechanisms in Plants

edited by

Hatem Rouached

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 383 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal toxicity; fluoride stress; stress tolerance mechanisms; phytoremediation; oxidative stress response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Hormetic Responses of Plants to Environmental Stress

edited by

Michael Moustakas

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 365 | Submission Open

Keywords: hormesis; environmental stress; dose– response; molecular mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Exploring Abiotic Stress in Plants: Mechanisms, Adaptations, and Mitigation Strategies (2nd Edition)

edited by

Tarek Alshaal

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3228 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; plant physiology; stress tolerance; crop resilience; molecular mechanisms; biotechnological interventions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Molecular Research on Crop Quality

edited by

Jinsong Bao

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2287 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop quality; molecular breeding; multi-omics; gene editing; precision agriculture; functional genomics; rice; wheat; maize; barley; sorghum; millet; potato; cotton; molecular markers; genome-wide association studies; genome editing; genome selection; molecular selection; transcriptomics; omics; post-translational regulation; starch; protein; lipids; vitamin; processing quality; eating quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Physiological and Molecular Responses of Plants to Drought Stress

edited by

Muhammad Waseem

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 365 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought stress; photosynthesis; stomatal regulation; signal transduction; phytohormones; anti-oxidants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Signaling and Stress Adaptation in Plants: 2nd Edition

edited by

Kangdi Hu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: plants; environmental stress; stress signaling; reactive oxygen/nitrogen species; calcium; protein kinases; stress resistance; adaptive mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Adaptive Strategies of Plants to Water Stress

edited by Weitao Jia

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive strategies; submergence; post-submergence; waterlogging; drought; plant physiology; phenotypic plasticity; omics; epigenetic regulation; molecular mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Molecular Research and Potential Effects of Medicinal Plants

edited by

Guan-Jhong Huang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9356 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; natural products; disease treatment; drug screening; bioassays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Molecular Biology of Soybean

edited by Zhengjun Xia

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9164 | Submission Open

Keywords: soybean; growth and development; disease resistance; nodulation; nolecular mechanism; plant interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Plant Pathogen Interactions: 3rd Edition

edited by

Sixue Chen

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7022 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogenicity; plant immunity; pattern-triggered immunity (PTI); effector-triggered immunity (ETI); effectors; avirulent; virulent; biotroph; necrotrophy; interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Plant Tolerance to Stress

edited by

Xingguo Li

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6459 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant; genetic breeding; biotic stress; abiotic stress; gene regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Molecular and Genetic Advances in Plant Breeding

edited by

Francesca Taranto

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6305 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity; next-generation sequencing; marker-assisted selection; GWAS/QTL mapping; KASP genotyping; molecular biology TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian Danish Japanese Spanish Dutch Klingon Swedish English Korean Thai Estonian Latvian Turkish Finnish Lithuanian Ukrainian French Malay Urdu German Maltese Vietnamese Greek Norwegian Welsh Haitian Creole Persian // TRANSLATE with COPY THE URL BELOW Back EMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE Enable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal Back // This page is in English Translate to Simplified Chinese Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Bengali Bulgarian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Italian Japanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Korean Kurdish (Kurmanji) Lao Latvian Lithuanian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar (Burmese) Nepali Norwegian Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Simplified Chinese Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Traditional Chinese Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Always translate English to Simplified Chinese Never translate English Never translate admin.mdpi.com

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Crop Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance: 4th Edition

edited by

Fazhan Qiu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5282 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotic and abiotic stress tolerance; QTL/gene mapping and clones; gene editing; marker-assisted selection; genomic breeding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Molecular Insights into Plant–Environment Interactions

edited by

Magdalena Pawełkowicz

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5195 | Submission Open

Keywords: vascular biology; floral development; sex expression; fruit development; grafting; source– sink interactions; genetic resources; stress tolerance; molecular breeding; gene regulation; resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Advances in Brassica Crop Metabolism and Genetics (Second Edition)

edited by

Bo Sun

and

Honghao Lv

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4136 | Submission Open

Keywords: brassica crop; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; gene editing; metabolite synthesis and regulation; phylogeny and taxonomy; physiological traits; biotic/abiotic stresses; biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Gene Editing for Cereal Crops

edited by

Ke Wang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4112 | Submission Open

Keywords: gene-editing techniques; novel germplasm; quality; nutrition; agronomic traits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Climate Change Mitigation Strategies in Grapevine Molecular, Biochemical, and Physiological Performance

edited by

Sandra Pereira

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3238 | Submission Open

Keywords: grapevine growth; climate change; abiotic stresses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Plant Breeding Strategies: Employment of Plant Adaptation Mechanisms to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

edited by

Vidmantas Bendokas

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3212 | Submission Open

Keywords: marker-assisted selection; molecular breeding; whole-transcriptome analysis; RNA sequencing; DNA sequencing; plant stress response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Metabolomics of Medicinal Plants

edited by

L. Gerardo Zepeda Vallejo

and

Elvia Becerra-Martínez

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2788 | Submission Open

Keywords: metabolomics; medicinal plants; nuclear magnetic resonance; mass spectrometry; bioinformatic; phenotyping; metabolic pathways; bioactive metabolites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Plant Responses to Microorganisms and Insects

edited by

Sumit Jangra

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2520 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotic stresses; crop protection; signaling molecules; transcriptomics; proteomics; microRNAs; resistance mechanism; plant– microbe– vector interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Analyzing the Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Disease Pathogenesis and Host Disease Resistance

edited by Zhibing Wu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2401 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogenicity mechanisms; plant– pathogen interactions; plant immunity; effector biology; resistance genes; multi-omics approaches; nanotechnology in plant protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Molecular Research on Orchid Plants: 2nd Edition

edited by Wen‑Chieh Tsai

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1931 | Submission Open

Keywords: orchid; genomics; genome; genes; tumor; inflammation; drug; transcriptomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Molecular Advances in Plant Reproductive Development

edited by Zsolt Pónya and

Iman Mirmazloum

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1894 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant reproduction; sexual reproduction; gamete recognition; zygote formation; embryogenesis; endosperm development; seed maturation; plant developmental biology; epigenetic regulation; gene expression; cellular signalling pathways; protein interactions; hormonal controls

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Deciphering the Molecular Mechanisms That Regulate Plant Disease and Immunity

edited by Bourlaye Fofana and

Champa Wijekoon

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1535 | Submission Open

Keywords: plants; biotic stressors; molecular mechanisms; omics technologies; plant immunity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

New Insights into Environmental Stresses and Plants: Second Edition

edited by

Zhou Li

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1084 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; adaptation; gene function; omics; metabolic regulation; stress signal; molecular mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Molecular and Physiological Strategies for Plant Drought Resilience

edited by

Mariapina Rocco

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 768 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; reactive oxygen species; oxidative stress; adaptive response; signaling pathways; phytohormones; physiological adaptation; molecular adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Advances in the Genetics and Precision Breeding of Tomato

edited by Younghoon Park

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 750 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; gene editing; genomic selection; flavor; functional compounds; molecular marker; omics; precision breeding; Solanum lycopersicum; tomato

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Genome Editing and Biotechnology in Fruit Improvement

edited by Hongxia Miao

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 726 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit improvement; horticultural crops; genome editing; biotechnology; molecular biology; plant genetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Stress Signaling and Horticultural Crops Quality Control

edited by

Weibiao Liao

and

Yanjie Xie

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress tolerance; molecular mechanisms; quality traits; redox regulation; postharvest physiology; signal transduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Molecular Mechanisms of Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses in Trees

edited by

Chenghao Li

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought stress; nutrient deficiency; salinity stress; pathogen defense; transcriptional regulation; epigenetic modifications; signal transduction; bioinformatics & multi-omics analysis; breeding for stress resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

Progress in Molecular Breeding and Genetic Engineering for Fruit Crop Improvement

edited by