General
A section of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747).
Section Information
This section is open for all submissions within the scope of the journal and fields not covered by the specific journal section.
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture: Natural Bioactives and Advanced Fertilization (Deadline: 15 February 2026)
- Ethnobotany and Biodiversity Conservation in South Africa (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Environmental Effects on Nutrient Composition and Pharmaceutical Properties of Various Plants (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants and Algae—2nd Edition (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Vegetation Dynamics and Mechanisms in Ecosystem Functioning (Deadline: 15 March 2026)
- Applications of Plant Physiology and Pharmacognosy in the Production of Bioactive Compounds (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Plants 2025—from Seeds to Food Security (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Role of Melatonin in Plant Growth, Metabolism, and Abiotic Stress Tolerance (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Agricultural Soil Management for Crop Cultivation and Productivity (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Integrated Plant Nutrition and Food Quality: Production, Postharvest, and Processing (Deadline: 30 April 2026)
- Strategies of Forest Trees Against Drought Stress (Deadline: 30 April 2026)
- Drought Stress Adaptation in Bioenergy Crops (Deadline: 30 May 2026)
- Advances in Fruit Tree Transcriptomics and Gene Expression Analysis (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Phytochemical Diversity and Bioactivity of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Evolution, Genomics, Metabolism, and Biotechnology for Cereal Crop Improvements (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Studies on Plant–Humans Interactions as a Means for Fostering a More Sustainable Future (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Ethnobotany and Botany in the Euro-Mediterranean Region (Deadline: 20 June 2026)
- Precision Agriculture and UAV-Based Applications for Sustainable Crop Protection and Management (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Advances in Natural Biostimulants and Sustainable Soil Inputs for Resilient Crop Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Morphological Traits and Their Role in the Phytochemical Profiles of Medicinal Plants (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Photosynthesis: Integrating Experimental and Theoretical Approaches (Deadline: 30 July 2026)
- Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture: Focus on Crop Water, Salt Stress and Nutrient Deficiency (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Remote Sensing for Diagnosis of Plant Health (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Nanotechnology and Microtechnology in Plant Disease Control and Prevention (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Interactions Between Plants and Fungal Networks: From Rhizosphere Processes to Ecosystem Functioning (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Interactions Between Crops and Resource Utilization (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Plant Metabolites and Their Synthetic Derivatives as Potential Candidates for the Development of Drugs (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Decoding Plant Stress Responses: An Integration of Physiology and Biochemistry (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- The Regulatory Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Response and Secondary Metabolism in Forest Trees (Deadline: 1 September 2026)
- Weaponizing Plants: Where Old and New Plant Protection Strategies Are Taking Us? (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Quality-Defining Traits in Cereals and Industrial Crops for Improved Food Products (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- The Application of Spectral Techniques in Agriculture and Forestry—3rd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Germplasm Resources and Omics Analysis of Fiber Crops (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Historical Ethnobotany in the Digital Age (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
