Plants

Safety of Genetically Modified Crops and Plant Functional Genomics

edited by

Xinwu Pei

and Lu Gan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10235 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetically modified plants; GM regulation; GM risk assessment; functional genomics; genetic improvement

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Crop Production and Farmland Soil Monitoring

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9933 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; remote sensing; crop growth monitoring; yield estimation and prediction; farmland soil monitoring; machine learning; environment; image processing; data fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Salt Tolerance in Plants: Genetic Mechanisms, Germplasm Screening, Cultivation Measures and Rehabilitation of Saline-Alkali Lands

edited by

Chengming Fan

,

Changjun Ding

, Changsong Zou, Shuansuo Wang, Helin Tan and

Jinwu Deng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6947 | Submission Open

Keywords: salinity; molecular mechanisms; climate change; gene function analysis; salt tolerance; QTL mapping

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

Ethnobotanical and Pharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants

edited by Eduardo Luis Konrath and Mara Rejane Ritter

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6758 | Submission Open

Keywords: ethnomedicine; ethnopharmacology; traditional medicine; drug discovery; biological activity; knowledge transmission; biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Advances in Planting Techniques and Production of Horticultural Crops

edited by Vasile Stoleru and

Silvana Nicola

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6522 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances in grafting and nursery technology; plant growing; nutrition and irrigation; protected cultivation systems; soilless culture systems; sustainable practices and innovations; pest and disease control; strategies for the control of biotic and abiotic stress factors; reduce; reuse and recycle approaches in the system

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

Sustainable Plants and Practices for Resilient Urban Greening

edited by

Mirjana Ljubojevic

,

Jelena Čukanović

and

Marko Kebert

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5698 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive plant species; resistant plant species for urban greening; urban landscape solutions; green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; urban green areas; plants’ mitigation of climate change; sustainable practices; sustainable management of green spaces; ecosystem services

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

Genetic and Omics Insights into Plant Adaptation and Growth

edited by

Ying Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4650 | Submission Open

Keywords: omics research; growth and development; stress response; population diversity evaluation

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

Recent Advances in Essential Oils and Plant Extracts

edited by Jun Niu and

Jose Maria Prieto-Garcia

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4263 | Submission Open

Keywords: essential oils; bioactive compounds; component analysis; bioactivity; regulatory mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Exploring the World of Tea: Biochemistry, Genomics, and Molecular Biology

edited by

Yuqiong Guo

and

Lanting Zeng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3598 | Submission Open

Keywords: flavor chemistry and sensory quality; molecular mechanism; non-coding RNA; omics

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

New Insights into Plant Signaling Mechanisms in Biotic and Abiotic Stress, 2nd Edition

edited by

Hamdy Kashtoh

and

Kwang-Hyun Baek

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3298 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; drought stress; salt stress; bacterial immunity; guard cell; anion channel; protein kinases; calcium signaling; abscisic acid signaling; hight signaling; nitrogen fixa-tion; phosphorylation; plant nutrients; receptors; signal transduction; stress; nutrition; calcium; membrane transport; Arabidopsis thaliana; ion homeostasis combination

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

Sugarcane Breeding and Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by San-Ji Gao and

Qinnan Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3003 | Submission Open

Keywords: sugarcane (Saccharum spp.); sustainable agriculture; agronomic attributes; environmental stressors; defense responses; signaling molecules; genomics selection; smart breeding; gene editing; artificial intelligence

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

Crop Improvement by Modern Breeding Strategies

edited by

Tomislav Duvnjak

, Aleksandra Sudarić and

Maja Matoša Kočar

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2651 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop improvement; breeding; biotechnology; agricultural innovation; sustainable agriculture

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

Application of Optical and Imaging Systems to Plants

edited by

Massimo Rippa

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2493 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical systems; spectrophotometry; infrared imaging; thermography; active thermography; passive thermography; sensing; UV radiation; plants; crops; remote sensing; proximal sensing; precision agriculture; multispectral imaging; hyperspectral imaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Phytochemical Profiling and Bioactive Potential of Plants

edited by

Dimitrina Zheleva-Dimitrova

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2028 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemical profiling; phytochemical analysis; phytopharmacology; plant biological activity evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

The Plant–Climate Nexus: Bioremediation and Management Strategies for a Sustainable Future

edited by

Krishan K. Verma

,

Renato De Mello Prado

and Hassan Etesami

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2019 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– climate nexus; bioremediation; management strategies; phytoremediation; bioaugmentation; regenerative agriculture; carbon sequestration; climate resilience; climate-smart agriculture; nanotechnology in bioremediation; genetic engineering of microbes; circular economy in agriculture; sustainable futures; heavy metal contamination

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

Applications of Plant Physiology and Pharmacognosy in the Production of Bioactive Compounds

edited by

Kalina Danova

and Elena N. Stoyanova

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2001 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal and aromatic plants; biologically active plant metabolites; factors affecting plant bioactive metabolites production and accumulation; physiological role of primary and secondary metabolites in the plant organism; pharmacognostic knowledge of medicinal and aromatic plants; pharmacological activity of plant secondary metabolites

Patterning, Physiology and Cell Biology of Stomatal Complexes under Biotic and Abiotic Stress

edited by

Eleni Giannoutsou

and Despina Samakovli

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1965 | Submission Open

Keywords: stomata; guard cells; drought; heat; light; salinity; herbivores; pathogens

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

Soil Pollution and Plant Response

edited by

Anna Parus

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1834 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutions; accumulation; migration; leaching; soil environments; response plants

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

Signaling Pathways and Crosstalk in Plant Stress Responses

edited by

Claudia Uhde-Stone

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1684 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic and biotic stress; signaling; crosstalk; adaptation and acclimatization to stress; regulating of stress responses

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

New Gene Mining, New Technology Development, and New Variety Creation for Crop Improvement

edited by

Cailin Wang

, Xiuying He, Liang Tang,

Zefeng Yang

and Xianzhi Xie

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1352 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop improvement; germplasm resources; genome editing; molecular breeding; good quality; disease and pest resistance; high-yield crops; cultivation technology; plant physiology and biochemistry

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

AI-Driven Machine Vision Technologies in Plant Science

edited by

Dayang Liu

and

Yi Shi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1321 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI and deep learning for plant phenotyping; machine vision-based disease and pest detection; yield prediction and quality assessment; robotics and automation; explainable AI (XAI) and interpretable models; edge AI and real-time vision systems; datasets and benchmarking

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Plant Ecotoxicology and Remediation Under Heavy Metal Stress

edited by Qingqing Huang,

Haiwei Liu

,

Peng Wang

and

Xichao Sun

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1282 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal stress; phytotoxicity; phytoremediation; hyperaccumulator plants; soil– plant interactions; rhizosphere microbiome; oxidative stress; biotechnological remediation

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

Computer Vision Techniques for Plant Phenomics Applications

edited by Xijian Fan and

Weiliang Wen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1102 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; deep learning; UAV remote sensing; multisource fusion; plant phenomics; phenotypic traits extraction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Processes and Patterns of Genetic and Genomic Differentiation in Trees

edited by

Jia Yang

,

Guifang Zhao

and Xiaodan Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1043 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive evolution; genomic variation; lineage diversification; ecological tolerance; tree

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Agricultural Soil Management for Crop Cultivation and Productivity

edited by

Jian-Ying Qi

and

Baijian Lin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1032 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural management; soil health; precision agriculture; carbon sequestration

Weed Management and Control in Paddy Fields

edited by Yongjie Yang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 982 | Submission Open

Keywords: herbicide; rice; weeds; weed control technology; weeding robot; weed– water interactions

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

Plant Virology and Disease Management in Crops

edited by

Shaheen Nourinejhad Zarghani

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 959 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant virus biology; virus– host interactions; viral pathogenicity in plants; population genetic; genetic diversity; plant virus epidemiology; virus evolution in crops; cultivation systems and virus adaptation management of plant viruses

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

Plant–Rhizosphere Interactions

edited by

Jill M. Farrant

and

Shandry M. Tebele

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 924 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant growth-promoting-microbes (PGPM); mycorrhizal fungi; rhizosphere; root exudates; biofertilizer; abiotic stress; sustainable agriculture; microbiomes

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

Molecular Marker-Assisted Technologies for Crop Breeding—2nd Edition

edited by

Ju Kyong Lee

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 813 | Submission Open

Keywords: crops; landrace accession; agroecological zone; SSR marker; genetic diversity; population structure; UPGMA dendrogram

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

Digital Horticulture Technology: Integrating Optical Plant Modeling, Sensors, Adaptive LED-Lighting, and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Tran Quoc Khanh

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 790 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical plant modeling; ray-tracing software; spectral reflectance and transmittance of leaves; light impact on photosynthesis; light intensity variation; adaptive control in greenhouse; spectral sensors; RGB sensors; RGB camera; spectral reconstruction of leaf reflectance; plant growing monitoring; optimized crop yielding; daylight versus LED light; supplemental lighting; optimized spectrum variation; sensor-based software; plant-centric lighting; impact of UV radiation; AI-based optimization of crop yielding; AI-based modeling of plant growth; generative AI methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Role of Melatonin in Plant Growth, Metabolism, and Abiotic Stress Tolerance

edited by

Manuel Martínez-Estévez

and Ileana Echevarría-Machado

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 725 | Submission Open

Keywords: melatonin; oxidative stress; proline; salinity; crop protection; environmental stress; serotonin; aluminum; cell wall

Climate Change and Plant Survival Strategies: Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations

edited by Sanja Manitašević Jovanović and Ana Vuleta

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 701 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; heat stress; oxidative stress; drought stress; adaptation; phenotypic plasticity; plant functional traits

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

Genetic Mapping of Agronomic Traits in Crops

edited by

Fengxia Liu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 675 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic mapping; QTL; GWAS; abiotic stress; yield traits; multi-omics; CRISPR; functional analysis

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

Enhancing Plant Resilience to Climate Change: Insights from Priming and Intercropping Approaches

edited by

Othmane Merah

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 556 | Submission Open

Keywords: priming; nanopriming; seed coating; intercropping; PGPR; biostimulant; plant growth; abiotic stress tolerance; sustainable agriculture; plant resilience; nutrient use efficiency

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

Valuable Sources of Bioactive Natural Products from Plants, Third Edition

edited by

Reneta Gevrenova

,

Dimitrina Zheleva-Dimitrova

and

Vessela Balabanova

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 531 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; specialized metabolites; phytochemistry; metabolite profiling; ethnobotany; phytopharmacology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Machine Learning and Spectroscopy for Plant Phenotyping and Physiological Analysis

edited by

Renan Falcioni

and

Marcos Rafael Nanni

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 527 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural remote sensing; chlorophyll fluorescence; crop yield estimation; plant analysis; hyperspectral imaging; machine learning for phenotyping; modelling; multispectral sensing; pigment estimation; plant growth prediction; plant health monitoring; plant modelling; plant morphology analysis; plant phenotyping; precision agriculture; stress; remote sensing; spectroscopy in plant science; photosynthesis; UAV

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Integrated Plant Production Systems

edited by

Praveen K. Saxena

,

Mukund R. Shukla

and Shivam Saxena

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 383 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; artificial intelligence; micropropagation; plant production technologies; integrated plant production system (IPPS)

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

Plant Morphology, Anatomy, and Embryology: Current Research and Future Directions

edited by

Ana Maria González

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 373 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant morphology; vegetative and reproductive anatomy; embryology; sporogenesis; ovule/pollen development; double fertilization; seed/fruit development; secretory structures; micro-CT; confocal microscopy; ultrastructure; geometric morphometrics; climate resilience

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

Medicinal Plant Extracts and Their Health Benefits

edited by

Huihsuan Lin

and

Jing-Hsien Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 302 | Submission Open

Keywords: antioxidant activity; anti-inflammatory mechanism; anticancer effect; medicinal plant extracts; diabetes; metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD); cardiovascular health; cell signaling pathways; plant-derived compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Plant Natural Compounds and Their Biological Activities

edited by

Adriana Basile

,

Viviana Maresca

and

Alessia Postiglione

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant compounds; natural products; biological activities; phytochemicals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidant Networks in Plant–Pathogen Interactions

edited by Lóránt Király and András Künstler

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: ROS as antimicrobial agents in plant defense to pathogens; ROS as signaling agents in plant defense to pathogens; ROS– antioxidant balance during plant defense to pathogens; heat stress; ROS and plant defense to pathogens; biotrophic vs. necrotrophic pathogens and plant defense to pathogens; glutathione and plant defense to pathogens; enhanced plant resistance by editing genes controlling ROS and antioxidants

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

The Mechanism Between Plant Pathogenic Oomycetes and Plant Hosts

edited by Justice Norvienyeku

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: oomycete– plant interactions; host targeting strategies; plant immune responses; pathogen evolution; virulence variation; Phytophthora; Pythium; Peronospora; Pseudoperonospora; Plasmopara; Albugo

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

Micropropagation and Germplasm Conservation of Horticultural Plants

edited by

Amir Khoddamzadeh

and Madhugiri Nageswara-Rao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: in vitro micropropagation; germplasm conservation; horticultural crops; synthetic seed; cryopreservation; embryo rescue

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

Advances and Applications of Genetic Transformation Techniques for Enhanced Trait Integration in Field Crops

edited by

Xingguo Ye

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

Keywords: genetic transformation; genome editing; trait improvement; genetic enrichment; field crops

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

Essential Oils for Sustainable Plant Disease Control and Crop Protection

edited by Gil Santos

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: biorational control; botanical pesticides; integrated pest management; plant resistance induction; sustainable agricultural practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Crop Stress Physiology and Nutrient Management

edited by

Fábio Steiner

, Leandris Martínez and

Alan Mario Zuffo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant ecophysiology; abiotic stress; plant nutrition; nutrient uptake; nutrient deficiency; nutrient-use efficiency (NUE); stress tolerance; drought stress; heat stress; salinity stress; oxidative stress; aluminum toxicity; multiple stresses; photosynthetic efficiency; antioxidant enzymes; root architecture; signal transduction; gene expression under stress; fertilizer optimization; biofortification; soil fertility; plant growth regulators; climate resilience in crops

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

Biochar–Soil–Plant Interactions

edited by Jiahui Hu and

Hebin Liang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; climate change; carbon offset; one health; biochar-based amendment; organic pollutants and heavy metals; nutrient dynamics

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

Bioremediation of Agricultural Contaminants: Microbial and Plant–Microbe Strategies

edited by

Adijailton José de Souza

,

Gustavo Santoyo

and

Ma. Del Carmen Orozco-Mosqueda

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioremediation; soil quality; food security; biotechnology; microbial community; microbe– plant interaction; regenerative agriculture strategies

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

Genetic and Biochemical Enhancement of Nutritional and Stress-Responsive Traits in Plants

edited by