Applications of Bioinformatics in Plant Science
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 396
Special Issue Editors
Interests: population genetics; genomics; bioinformatics; post-GWAS
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plant; RNA structure; viroid; plant defense
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid advancement of high-throughput technologies has generated large-scale datasets that offer unprecedented insights into plant biology. Bioinformatics plays a pivotal role in deciphering this complex information, enabling researchers to explore plant genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and epigenomics with enhanced precision. This Special Issue aims to highlight the cutting-edge applications of bioinformatics in plant science, including genome assembly, functional annotation, gene regulatory network analysis, trait mapping, and evolutionary studies. We welcome submissions that utilize novel computational approaches, databases, algorithms, and integrative analyses to solve key questions in plant biology. Studies involving model plants, crops, and non-model species are equally encouraged. By bridging computational innovation and plant research, this Issue seeks to foster collaboration and inspire future advancements in the field.
Dr. Hua Zhong
Guest Editor
Dr. Junfei Ma
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- plant bioinformatics
- genomics
- transcriptomics
- functional annotation
- computational biology
- gene networks
- genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
- evolutionary genomics
- plant systems biology
- omics data integration
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