Plant Metabolome and Metabolomics
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 47
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant physiology; plant biochemistry; plant growth and development; plant molecular biology; plant biotechnology and metabolic engineering; carbon and nitrogen metabolism; metabolome and transcriptome analyses
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plant metabolomics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Studies of the plant metabolome and metabolomics tools provide powerful opportunities for understanding plant responses to environmental and genetic factors, with significant applications in biotechnology, crop improvement, and sustainable agriculture as well as the production of unique drugs for human health. This Special Issue will highlight cutting-edge research using metabolomics to explore metabolic pathways, plant adaptation mechanisms, and innovative bi-technological approaches. We aim to bring together studies focusing on new and unique metabolites and modern techniques to analyze their structure and function in the life of plants, including current advances in their mass production for biomedical purposes. Genetic manipulation of their biosynthesis in plants is an integral component of these processes. The scope includes high-throughput metabolomics techniques for analyses and advances in data processing and bioinformatics. This issue will also explore plant metabolic pathways and their regulation, including both primary and secondary metabolites in plants, metabolic regulation under environmental stress such as drought, temperature, and salinity, and metabolite-mediated plant interactions with pathogens and insects. We encourage contributions that explore quantitative approaches, novel data integration strategies, and their applications in understanding plant responses to environmental and genetic factors.
Prof. Dr. Subhash Minocha
Dr. Maria Sulli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metabolomics
- LC/MS-based metabolomics
- plant science
- metabolic pathways
- biotechnology applications
- sustainable agriculture
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