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Plant Metabolites and Their Synthetic Derivatives as Potential Candidates for the Development of Drugs submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant extracts; plant-derived compounds; biological activity; antibacterial activity; drugs development; synthetic natural product derivatives; multidrug resistance
Sustainable Vegetable Production in the Era of Climate Change
edited by , Theodora Ntanasi and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: vegetable crops; nutrient management; hydroponics and soilless culture; precision farming; vertical farming; sustainable agriculture; organic farming; salinity stress; drought stress; biofertilizers; biofortification; postharvest quality; antioxidant defense mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Plant Protection
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open
Keywords: agriculture; agroecology; crop health; digital innovation; forestry; pest control; pest management; soil management; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Genetic and Biotechnology Techniques in Evaluation and Breeding of Woody Plants
edited by and Chunhong Zhang
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest trees; germplasm evaluation; gene mapping; molecular markers; hybrid population; heredity; gene function; biotechnology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Molecular Biology)
Genomewide SNP Identification and Use for Resolving Population Structure and GWAS of Traits of Interest—3rd Edition submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open
Keywords: SNP mining and InDELs; population structure analysis; GWAS; high-density QTL mapping; haplotype networking; genomics of wild crop relatives
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture: Focus on Crop Water, Salt Stress and Nutrient Deficiency
edited by Junying Chen and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; precision agriculture; crop water stress; salt stress (soil salinization); nutrient deficiency; multi-source data fusion; satellite and UAV imagery; machine learning
Integrating Plant Immunity and Ecological Strategies for Sustainable Disease Management
edited by Xianchao Sun and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant immunity; plant– microbe interactions; ecological disease management; sustainable crop protection; biocontrol agents; agroecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Bioactive Compounds and Functional Properties of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open
Keywords: medicinal plants; natural extracts; bioactive compounds; biological activity; chemical composition; human health; animal health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Plant Salt Stress Tolerance: Mechanisms and Applications
edited by Shao Tianyun
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open
Keywords: salt stress; abiotic stress; ion homeostasis; osmoregulation; oxidative stress; stress signaling; phytoremediation; halophytes; crop breeding; stress-tolerant crops
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds: Extraction, Isolation, Biological Activities and Therapeutic Potential submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural compounds; extraction techniques; structural characterization; biological activities; pharmacological mechanisms; therapeutic potential
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Advances in Plant Nutrition Using Nanoparticles for Iron and Micronutrient Management
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanomaterial; nanoparticle; iron; zinc; manganese; copper; silicon; titanium; micronutrient deficiency; abiotic stress
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)
Mitigation Strategies and Tolerance of Plants to Abiotic Stresses—3nd Edition
edited by , Lauriane Almeida dos Anjos Soares and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open
Keywords: salt and water stress; tolerance mechanisms; oxidative stress; hydroponic cultivation; hydroponic cultivation; fertilizing; eliciting substances
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Mapping Asia Plants, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open
Keywords: Asian plants; biodiversity; biodiversity informatics; mapping plants; plant diversity; taxonomic checklists
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)
Geographical Origin and Nutrient Analysis of Plants Using Stable Isotopes and Chemometrics
edited by Chunlin Li, and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open
Keywords: authenticity; geographical origin; stable isotope; nutrient analysis; chemometrics; plant; environmental factors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)
Physiological and Molecular Responses in Enhancing the Quality of Non-Timber Forest Tree Species
edited by and Wanwen Yu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-timber forest products; quality formation; physiological regulation; molecular mechanisms; abiotic stress; secondary metabolism; multi-omics analysis; molecular breeding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Molecular Biology)
The Regulatory Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Response and Secondary Metabolism in Forest Trees
edited by and Haijiao Huang
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; molecular mechanism; secondary metabolism; multi-omics
Targeted Metabolomics Reveals Biotic Interactions and Stress Responses in Plants
edited by
submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open
Keywords: secondary metabolites; primary metabolites; plant hormones; small peptides; reactive oxygen species (ROS); anti-oxidantia; plant microbiome; symbiosis; pathogenesis; acclimation; systemic acquired resistance (SAR)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Multifunctional Mediators in Plant Development and Stress Response
edited by and Davide Marzi
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7722 | Submission Open
Keywords: amino acids; polyphenols; polyamines; reactive oxygen species (ROS); phytohormones; abiotic stress; plant development; plant physiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Neglected and Underutilised Legumes and Grasses for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
edited by Anathi Magadlela and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open
Keywords: neglected and underutilised species; climate change adaptation; sustainable agriculture; legumes; grasses; food security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
Weaponizing Plants: Where Old and New Plant Protection Strategies Are Taking Us?
edited by , Beata Zimowska and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant biodiversity; plant conservation; sustainable agroecosystems; plant protection; environmental stresses; biotechnology; plant resilience; mitigation of adversities; endangered plant species; saving plants
Adaptability and Acclimatization of Plants Under Environmental Stresses submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; environmental stress; acclimatization; adaptation; stress mitigation; biostimulants; abiotic stress; resilience; omic technologies; biotechnology; genetic improvement; sustainable agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Bioactive Natural Products from Plants: Extraction, Characterization and Application
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open
Keywords: resources of medicinal and aromatical plants; etnobotany; extraction methods; secondary metabolites; phytochemical analysis; pharmacological properties; toxicity; application
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Precision Control of Transcriptional Networks: Decoding Genetic Circuits for Enhanced Crop Resilience and Yield
edited by and Wenyi Wang
submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1201 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 889 | 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–Biostimulant Interactions for Improving Vegetable Crop Performance Under Stress submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 144 | 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)
Plant Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolutionary Genomics IV
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular phylogeny; phylogenomics; phylotranscriptomics; chloroplast genome; mitochomdrial genome; evolutionary genomics; metagenomics; DNA barcoding; bioinformatics
Plant, Soil, and Microbial Interactions Under Climate Change: Responses, Consequences, and Perspectives
edited by , , and Fatma Wassar
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 83 | 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)
Crop Modeling in Agriculture
edited by Moussa El Jarroudi and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 56 | 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)
Resilient Plants and Algae: New Environmental Challenges and Innovative Technological Approaches submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 16 | 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)
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