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Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Responses in Plants: Hormonal Regulation and Multi-Omics Insights Under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses

edited by

Muhammad Junaid Rao

and

Bingsong Zheng

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: oxidative stress; antioxidative responses; hormonal regulation; abiotic stress; biotic stress; multi-omics; signal transduction; stress resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)

Physiological Responses of Microalgae and Macroalgae to Environmental Stress

edited by

Paula S.M. Celis-Plá

and

Pablo Castro-Varela

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: photophysiology (chlorophyll fluorescence; NPQ); oxidative stress and photoprotection responses; carbon-concentrating mechanisms; thermal tolerance; transcriptomics and metabolomics responses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

Molecular, Physiological and Agronomic Responses of Crops to Environmental Stresses: Towards Resilient and Sustainable Production

edited by

Miroslava Rakocevic

and

Weverton Pereira Rodrigues

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental stresses; climate change; plant growth; crop productivity; crop resilience; sustainable production; food security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

The Physiology of Abiotic Stress in Plants—2nd Edition

edited by

Daniela Romano

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas exchange; chlorophyll fluorescence; oxidative stress; signal transduction; technical means; biostimulants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

Breeding Progress of Root, Tuber and Banana Crops

edited by Hugo Campos, Ismail Rabbi and Brajesh Singh

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: RTB crops; crop improvement; genetic gains; climate resilience; food security; banana; cassava; potato; sweet potato; taro; yam

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)

Plant–Pathogen Interactions in Cereal Crops

edited by

Gracia Montilla-Bascon

and Francisco José Canales Castilla

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal crops; disease resistance; pathogen virulence; beneficial microbes; omics approaches; integrated disease management; climate change impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)

Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Plant Extracts and Phytochemicals—2nd Edition

edited by

Seok-Geun Lee

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: plants; phytochemicals; drug discovery; bioactive compounds; biochemometrics; metabolomics; molecular network analysis; oxidative stress; inflammation; oxidative stress

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Orchid Conservation and Biodiversity—2nd Edition

edited by

Vladan Djordjević

and

Zuzana Štípková

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: orchid; conservation; biodiversity; distribution patterns; speciation; ecology; biogeography; evolution; reproductive biology; extinction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

The Application of Spectral Techniques in Agriculture and Forestry—3rd Edition

edited by

Youzhen Xiang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal infrared imaging; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); multispectral; hyperspectral; plants; crops; forestry; remote sensing; precision agriculture

Hormonal and Molecular Regulation of Senescence in Forest and Woody Plants

edited by

Zhonghai Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant senescence; programmed cell death (PCD); woody plants; forest trees; hormonal regulation; post-transcriptional regulation; alternative splicing (AS); non-coding RNA (ncRNA); nutrient re-mobilization; climate change adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)

Preconditioning, Germination and Performance of Plant Seeds

edited by

Mason MacDonald

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: seed priming; preconditioning; nanopriming; germination; stress tolerance; plant growth; nutripriming; osmopriming; hormonal priming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)

Physiological and Molecular Responses of Plants to Abiotic Stress

edited by

Sunjeet Kumar

and Guopeng Zhu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 1 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant abiotic stress tolerance; oxidative stress; reactive oxygen species; redox homeostasis; antioxidant defense system; ion and nutrient homeostasis; biostimulants and beneficial elements; photosynthetic efficiency; stomatal and chloroplast responses; transcriptional regulation; metabolic and hormonal crosstalk; secondary metabolism; omics technologies; stress signaling networks; crop resilience and sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

Seed Biology and Its Role in Ecosystems

edited by

Božena Šerá

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: seeds; dormancy; embryo; storage reserves; dispersal; germination; ecology; biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Molecular Biology)

Water and Nitrogen Management in Soil–Crop Systems—4th Edition

edited by

Puyu Feng

and

Kelin Hu

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop yield; cropping system; irrigation scheduling; irrigation method; water use efficiency; nitrogen management; nitrogen losses; nitrogen use efficiency; modeling; decision-making; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)

The Trade-Offs Between Growth and Development and Stress in Plants—2nd Edition

edited by

Dayong Zhang

Zhiyong Ni

and

Wenfeng Nie

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6600 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotic and abiotic stresses; epigenetic modifications; stress tolerance; growth and development; stress signaling; molecular mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)

Advances in Jujube Research, Second Edition

edited by

Shengrui Yao

and

Zhihui Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3182 | Submission Open

Keywords: jujube; biology; breeding; genotyping; metabolomics; nutrition; post-harvest treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants)

Biotic and Abiotic Stresses: Epigenetic and Transcriptional Control of Plant Adaptation

edited by

Sarfraz Shafiq

Emilie Widemann

and

Muhammad Imran

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant stress responses; biotic stress; abiotic stress; transcriptional regulation; gene expression; epigenetic regulation; histone; chromatin; omics approaches; plant adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

Nitrogen-Fixing, Phosphorus-Solubilizing, and Potassium-Solubilizing Microorganisms: Key Players in Plant Nutrition

edited by

Wenli Sun

Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian

and

Spyridon A. Petropoulos

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Asteraceae; mineral nutrition; nematodes; nitrogen deposition; phosphorus-solubilizing; plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria; potassium-solubilizing microorganisms; rhizobacteria; root exudates; secondary metabolites; soil bacterial community; soil microorganisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant–Soil Interactions)

Biological Control: Insect-Plant Interactions for Sustainable Pest Management

edited by

Helena Maura Torezan-Silingardi

Rostislav Zemek

and

Eduardo Soares Calixto

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological control; insect– plant interactions; sustainable pest management; natural enemies; tritrophic interactions; plant defense mechanisms; semiochemicals; agroecology; conservation biological control; ecological intensification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)

Precision Control of Transcriptional Networks: Decoding Genetic Circuits for Enhanced Crop Resilience and Yield

edited by

Bohan Liu

and Wenyi Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2122 | Submission Open

Keywords: transcription factors; stress adaptation; crop improvement; yield improvement; CRISPR/cas

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)

Plant–Microbe Interactions: Unlocking Adaptive Strategies for Nutrient Efficiency and Stress Resilience

edited by

Hafiz Athar Hussain

and

Daofeng Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2195 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant-microbe interactions; nutrient uptake efficiency; stress tolerance; root exudates; molecular signalling; soil microbiome engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant–Soil Interactions)

Plant–Insect Interactions—3rd Edition

edited by

Francisco Rubén Badenes-Pérez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1314 | Submission Open

Keywords: entomophily; herbivory; host– plant resistance; host– plant selection; insect pollination; plant chemistry; plant– insect interactions; plant protection; pollination; biological control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)

Plant Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolutionary Genomics IV

edited by

Alex Troitsky

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 886 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular phylogeny; phylogenomics; phylotranscriptomics; chloroplast genome; mitochomdrial genome; evolutionary genomics; metagenomics; DNA barcoding; bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)

Recent Advances in Horticultural Plant Genomics—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhongxiong Lai

Yuling Lin

and

Yuqiong Guo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 785 | Submission Open

Keywords: genomics; non-coding RNA; transcriptomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)

Plant–Biostimulant Interactions for Improving Vegetable Crop Performance Under Stress

edited by

Mariateresa Cardarelli

and

Monica Yorlady Alzate Zuluaga

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant biostimulants; stress resilience; vegetable crops; plant– microbe interactions; sustainable agriculture; nutrient efficiency; rhizosphere biology; abiotic stress mitigation; crop performance enhancement; natural bioactive compounds; microbial inoculants; predictive models in agriculture; climate-smart agriculture; biostimulant– plant mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants)

Crop Modeling in Agriculture

edited by Moussa El Jarroudi and

Rachid Lahlali

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop modeling; precision agriculture; climate-smart agriculture; plant disease forecasting; remote sensing; decision support systems; agro-ecological simulation; yield prediction; resilience modeling; sustainable food systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Plant, Soil, and Microbial Interactions Under Climate Change: Responses, Consequences, and Perspectives

edited by

Luca Vitale

Anna Tedeschi

Francisco Garcia-Sanchez

and Fatma Wassar

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhizosphere; soil ecology; soil conservation; plant physiology; signalling compounds; soil resilience; beneficial microbes; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant–Soil Interactions)

Single-Cell Multi-Omics in Plant Development and Stress Response

edited by Xiaofeng Gu,

Zhe Liang

and

Sanjie Jiang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: single-cell multi-omics; plant development; stress response; scRNA-seq; scATAC-seq; gene expression; gene regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)

Resilient Plants and Algae: New Environmental Challenges and Innovative Technological Approaches

edited by

Simone Landi

and

Daniela Castiglia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant stress; microalgae; extremophiles; abiotic; biotic; microplastic; tolerance; landraces; food safety; environment; genetic engineering; biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

Genetic Breeding and Molecular Regulation of Secondary Metabolites in Oilseed Crops

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: oilseed crops; secondary metabolites; molecular genetics; multi-omics; molecular breeding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)

Therapeutic Potential of Plant Extracts in Oxidative Stress–Mediated Disorders

edited by

Nevena Lazarevic

Marijana Andjic

and Aleksandar Kocovic

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: oxidative stress and redox homeostasis; reactive oxygen species (ROS); antioxidant and antiiflammatory activities of plants; novel herbal formulations; plant extracts; phytochemicals; cardiometabolic disorders; autoimmune disorders; neurodegenerative disorders; skin disorders

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Germplasm Resources and Omics Analysis of Fiber Crops

edited by

Hucheng Xing

, Caisheng Qiu and

Yong-Bi Fu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: cotton; hemp; flax; ramie; jute; coir; sisal; germplasm resources; genomics; transcriptome; metabolome; molecular breeding

Advances in Stress Responses and Quality Formation in Horticultural Crops

edited by

Ting Fang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural crops; fruit quality; biotic stress; abiotic stress; stress responses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants)

Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Plants to Environmental Changes

edited by Liang Fang,

Fulai Liu

and Linfeng Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; climate change; environmental pollution; plant resource utilization; plant ecophysiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

Mass Spectrometry-Based Approaches in Natural Products Research—2nd Edition

edited by

Felipe Moura Araújo da Silva

and

Rita De Cássia Saraiva Nunomura

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemistry; dereplication; LC-MS; GC-MS; DI-MS; ambient ionization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Plant Stress Responses and Signaling Networks in Environmental Adaptation

edited by

Golam Jalal Ahammed

and

Slađana Jevremović

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant stress physiology; stress sensing; signal transduction pathways; abiotic stress responses; plant immune responses; hormonal regulation in stress adaptation; secondary messengers; reactive oxygen species (ROS); light signaling; climate change and crop resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)

Plant Transformation and Genome Editing—2nd Edition

edited by

Myeong-Je Cho

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant transformation; gene targeting /knock-in /knock-out; multiplex genome editing; DNA (transgene)-free editing; base/prime editing; HDR-based editing; CRISPR/dCas9 system; off-target effect; CRISPR/Cas variants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)

Postharvest Biology and Quality Management of Berry Fruits

edited by Hangjun Chen, Cheng Liu,

Xiaobai Li

Lixiang Miao

and

Cunkun Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

Keywords: berry fruits; postharvest biology; quality; preservation technologies; preservation; preservatives; packaging; disease; toxins; bioactive substance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants)

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