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The Crop Physiology and Crop Production section of the journal Plants is devoted to publishing papers on all aspects of crop physiology and production, including, but not limited to, the internal plant physiological processes (nutrition, photosynthesis, metabolism, plant–...

The Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants Section of the Plants journal aims to publish original research and timely review articles on all aspects of horticultural plant species, including fruit, vegetable, ornamental, and medicinal plants. Researchers are strongly encouraged to p...

The Phytochemistry Section of the journal Plants is dedicated to publishing papers on all aspects of pure and applied plant chemistry, biochemistry, structure elucidation, and bioactivities of phytochemicals, plant cellular and molecular biology, and plant biotechnology. The Section aims...

The Plant Cell Biology Section publishes timely research in various formats: original articles, reviews, protocols, meeting reports, and commentaries/opinion pieces on novel research. The primary criteria for publication is the novelty and significance of the research on plants for the broader sc...

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The Plant Development and Morphogenesis Section of the journal Plants publishes the latest findings and major advances across the entire field of plant development and morphogenesis, which broadly encompasses studies on initiation, growth, and differentiation of cells, ti...

The Plant Ecology section of the journal Plants publishes original scientific articles and reviews about the distribution and abundance of plants, and their interactions with the biotic and abiotic environment.

In particular (but not exclusively), this Section invites contributio...

The section Plant Genetic Resources invites all researchers and stakeholders in this field to publish original research, reviews, and short communications on all aspects of plant genetic resources research to advance our knowledge of the conservation and utilization of plant genetic resources. Pl...

The section Plant Genomics, Genetics and Biotechnology publishes original research and full-length review articles describing the application of genome technologies, genetics, and biotechnology to all areas of plant science investigations.

We aim for a balance between the uppermost resear...

The Plant Molecular Biology Section of the journal Plants publishes original research and timely review articles on all aspects of plant molecular biology, including gene, protein, and metabolite levels. This Section aims to help plant scientists to exchange knowledge and increase v...

The “Plant Nutrition” Section of the journal Plants publishes original research and timely review articles on all aspects related to plant nutrition, an interdisciplinary field in the area of the plant sciences and nutritional sciences.

From a plant standpoint, plants...

The Plant Physiology and Metabolism Section of the journal Plants publishes original research and timely review articles on all aspects of physiological mechanism and biochemistry, both metabolic and structural. The Section aims to increase our knowledge on the biochemical and biophysical basis o...

Almost all plants are affected by plant diseases, insects, mites, weeds, and other pest organisms. Plants also live in association with a diverse range of nonpathogenic microorganisms that can impact plant fitness. The Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions section aims to increase our kno...

The “Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change” Section of the journal Plants deals with all aspects of plant (and/or other photoautotrophs, including lichens, algae and cyanobacteria) response to abiotic stress and climate change, as regards molecular, biochemical,...

Plant life depends on the operation of sophisticated gene expression networks that, compared with other eukaryotic systems, have many unique aspects. How these network function in time and space is becoming more and more clear through gene expression profiling and other quite popular “omics...

The Plant Systems and Synthetic Biology section of the journal Plants is devoted to publishing papers on all levels of plant systems and synthetic biology, which include, but are not limited to, the internal processes and external cues that control plant phenotypic traits, such as plant ...

The Plant-Soil Interactions Section publishes original papers, mathematical models, review articles, hypothesis/opinion/perspective papers, and methods/case studies encompassing work from the molecular through the whole plant to community scale. Phenotypic, anatomical, morphological, physiologica...