Selected and Extended Full Papers from the 2024 International Scientific Conference on Plant Biodiversity and Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, the Editorial Board, and the Guest Editors, Plants is very pleased to announce this call for papers for a Special Issue consisting of papers selected from the 2024 International Scientific Conference on Plant Biodiversity and Sustainability, which will be held online from 21 to 22 May 2024 (https://sites.google.com/view/2024-iscpbs/home).

PhD candidates and young researchers are key actors when it comes to targeting the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of Agenda 2030. This conference will be a scientific event dedicated to their work and efforts, and represents a meeting place facilitating the of sharing expertise and presenting the results of studies in ways that seek to enhance their formative internationalization. Interactions and connections are the most useful tools for the improvement of professional skills as part of an international research network and the conference aims to foster interchange with speakers of high scientific relevance and to activate a far-reaching international research network. The contributors are also invited to highlight connections between their research work and selected targets among the 17 SDGs of Agenda 2030 as a strategy to improve awareness of impacts on global sustainable development. In this regard, the online approach results in the optimal solution ensuring the intrinsic sustainability of a conference that is freely accessible to both contributors and audiences.

This proposed Special Issue welcomes a selection of the best papers from the conference that can be put forward for submission and every attendee is entitled to a 20% discount on APC upon acceptance of their papers.

Dr. Claudio Ferrante
Prof. Dr. Luigi Menghini
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Plants is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• plant material
• by-products
• herbal extracts
• metabolomics
• secondary metabolites
• circular economy
• production chain
• biological effects. biodiversity