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The Application of Spectral Techniques in Agriculture and Forestry

edited by

Youzhen Xiang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 6109 | Submission Open

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

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

Molecular Marker-Assisted Technologies for Crop Breeding

edited by

Ju Kyong Lee

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6072 | Submission Open

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

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

Chemistry of Plant Natural Products

edited by

Yeong-Geun Lee

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5366 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural product chemistry; nuclear magnetic resonance; structural elucidation; medicinal herbs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Physiology and Ecology of Aquatic Plants

edited by

Aiping Wu

Te Cao

and

Feng Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4991 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic plants; macrophyte; adaptation; global change; invasion; stress; eutrophication; water level change; heavy metal; pollution; disturbance; wetland; water-level manipulation; restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Sustainability in Silage Production

edited by Carlos Henrique Silveira Rabelo,

Ricardo Andrade Reis

and

Xusheng Guo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4452 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal performance; ensiling by-products; greenhouse gas emissions; livestock; volatile compounds; silage production; sustainability

Plant Viruses, Viroids and Phytoplasmas: Insight into Evolutionary, Pathogenicity, and Epidemiology Studies

edited by

Luca Ferretti

and

Anna Taglienti

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4434 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular characterization; diagnosis; phylogenetic analysis; epidemiology; genetic diversity; taxonomy

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

Phytochemical and Biological Activity of Plant Extracts

edited by

Andres F. Olea

and

Héctor Carrasco

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4400 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; plant extracts; extraction methods; synthetic analogs; biological activities of plant extracts; bioactive natural products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Growth, Development, and Stress Response of Horticulture Plants

edited by

Wenfeng Nie

Fan Zhang

and

Ping Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4276 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticulture; growth and development; biotic stress; abiotic stress; epigenetic modification; temperature; light quality

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

Genetics of Disease Resistance in Horticultural Crops

edited by

Muhammad Irfan Siddique

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3905 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural crops disease resistance; R genes; quantitative trait loci; next-generation sequencing technologies; genome editing; molecular markers; marker-assisted selection

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

Application of Infrared Sensing and Thermal Imaging on Plants and Crops

edited by

Massimo Rippa

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3507 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrared imaging; thermography; active thermography; passive thermography; infrared sensing; plants; crops; remote sensing; proximal sensing; precision agriculture; multispectral imaging; hyperspectral imaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Research Trends in Plant Phenotyping

edited by

Boris Lazarević

and Ankica Kondić-Špika

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3200 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-throughput phenotyping; proximal sensing; remote sensing; phenotypic data analysis; marker-assisted breeding; precision agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Photosynthesis and Carbon Metabolism in Higher Plants and Algae

edited by

Natalia N. Rudenko

and Natallia L. Pshybytko

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3044 | Submission Open

Keywords: algae; bicarbonate; bicarbonate effect; C3 photosynthesis; C4 photosynthesis; CAM metabolism; carbon fixation; chloroplasts; CO2 concentrating mechanism; higher plant; photosynthesis; rubisco

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

Barley: A Versatile Crop for Sustainable Food Production

edited by

Jasmina Lukinac

and

Marko Jukić

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3035 | Submission Open

Keywords: barley; sustainable food production; cultivar breeding; nutritional composition; functional food ingredient; quality assessment; bioactive compounds; brewing and malting; environmental impact; consumer preferences

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

Molecular Biology and Genomics of Plant-Pathogen Interactions

edited by

Tika Adhikari

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2819 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– pathogen interactions; effectors; genomics study; disease resistance genes; molecular basis; immunity network; genome‐scale network; pathogenomics; CRISPR-Cas9; OMICS

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

Identification and Characterization of the Genes Involved in the Plant Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Regulation

edited by

Venugopal Mendu

Kaushik Ghose

and

Vimal Kumar Balasubramanian

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2810 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant cell wall; glycosyltransferase; plant cell wall genes; genome editing; biofuels; bioenergy; 3D modelling; bioinformatics

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

Plant Tissue Culture: Advances and Applications

edited by Nirmal Joshee

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2703 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant cell culture; microstructures; acclimatization; hyperhydricity; nanoparticles; conservation; plasticity; genetic transformation

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

Sustainable Mechanisms for Crop Development, Productivity and Quality Promotion

edited by

Kęstutis Romaneckas

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2217 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agrotechnologies; crops development and yields; quality formation and assessment

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

Metal/Metalloid Toxicity in Plants: Rhizosphere Mycorrhizal and Microbial Strategies for Stress Management and Remediation

edited by

Paramsothy Jeyakumar

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2172 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal; metalloids; rhizosphere chemistry; mycorrhiza; microorganisms; contamination; mitigation strategies

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

Drought Responses and Adaptation Mechanisms in Plants

edited by

Tim L. Setter

, Florence Volaire and William L. Bauerle

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2059 | Submission Open

Keywords: plants; drought stress; drought resilience; ecophysiology; ecology

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

Genetics and Epigenetics in the Brassicaceae

edited by

Ryo Fujimoto

Hasan Mehraj

and

Yoshinobu Takada

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2033 | Submission Open

Keywords: heredity abiotic stress; agronomic traits biotic stress; DNA marker; DNA methylation; epigenetics; flowering time; genetic diversity; heterosis; histone modification; male sterility; marker-assisted selection; Non-coding RNAs; QTL analysis; self-incompatibility; transcriptomics; vernalization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Systems and Synthetic Biology)

Plants as Food and Medicine

edited by Raees Khan and

Mohsin Kazi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1854 | Submission Open

Keywords: ethnobotany; ethnopharmacology; nutraceuticals; phytotherapy; natural product drug discovery; plant systematics; conservation biology; evolutionary biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Recent Advances in Auxin Research: Synthesis, Transport, Plant Growth and Practical Application

edited by

Khalid Bougrin

and

Abdelaziz Smouni Smouni

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1718 | Submission Open

Keywords: auxin; auxin biosynthesis; synthetic auxins; auxin metabolism; auxin transport; auxin signalling pathway; auxin applications

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

Diversity of Aromatic Plants: Chemical Profiles and Antioxidant Activities

edited by

Zoran S. Ilic

Ljiljana P. Stanojević

and Lidija Milenković

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1312 | Submission Open

Keywords: aromatic plants; medicinal plants; wild plants; essential oil; content; constitution; polyphenols; antioxidant

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

The Environmental Stress Physiology of Plants

edited by Emily Rose Palm

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1104 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; genomics; growth regulation; metabolomics; phyllosphere physiological adaptation; primary metabolism; secondary metabolism; signaling networks; soil microbiome

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

Detoxification and Control of Mycotoxins in Plants

edited by

Guohua Yin

Carlos Garrido

and Kayla Pennerman

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1066 | Submission Open

Keywords: detoxification mechanism; mycotoxin contamination; toxin gene cluster; resistant genes; phylogentic analysis; metabolic regulation

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

Plant Proteomics and Molecular Breeding for Stress-Resistant Varieties

edited by Songlin Ruan,

Yuqing Huang

and

Mi-Jeong Yoo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 920 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant proteomics; molecular breeding; molecular markers; gene editing; transgenic techniques; stress-tolerant varieties

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

Functional Analysis of Important Agronomic Trait Genes in Wheat

edited by

Shuaifeng Geng

and Xinyou Cao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 908 | Submission Open

Keywords: gene; functional; agronomic traits; wheat

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

Carbon Management during Plant Acclimation to Abiotic Stresses

edited by

Valentino Casolo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 816 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon balance; non-structural carbohydrates; drought; chilling; waterlogging; salt stress; plant growth

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

Advance in Plant Photobiology

edited by Robert Luciński

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 643 | Submission Open

Keywords: photosynthesis; photoperiodic phenomenon; plant photoprotection; light signal transduction; photoreceptor; photoinhibition; photorespiration; light reactions

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

Pathogens and Disease Management of Horticultural Crops

edited by Xiaosan Huang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 596 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogens; diseases; horticultural crops; microorganisms; viruses; biological control

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

Environmental Factors/Compounds and Hormones in Regulation of Seed Dormancy and Germination

edited by

Jan Kȩpczyński

and Ewa Kȩpczyńska

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 584 | Submission Open

Keywords: dormancy; ethylene; germination; hormones; hydrogen cyanide; karrikin; nitric oxide; smoke

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

Plant Defense against Pathogens: Micro- to Molecular Insights

edited by Fabrício Ávila Rodrigues and Leandro J. Dallagnol

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 487 | Submission Open

Keywords: host– pathogen interaction; host defense mechanisms; molecular signaling pathway in host– pathogen interaction; plant resistance against diseases; pathogen recognition by plants; antimicrobial compounds; cellular responses; histopathology of infected plant tissues; physiological changes in plants infected by pathogens; microscopical aspects of host– pathogen interaction; signal transduction; genetic regulation; antioxidative metabolism; host nutrition and pathogen infection

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

Phytochemical Diversity and Interactions with Herbivores

edited by Andrea E. Glassmire and

Michael J. Stout

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemical diversity; herbivore; tritrophic; chemical ecology; plant secondary metabolites; plant defense

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Novel Methods for Detection and Control Strategies of Phytopathogens

edited by

Dirk Janssen

and

Yasser Sobhy Ahmed Nehela

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant disease; plant pathogens; phytopathogen identification; early detection and diagnosis; epidemiology; ecology; vector-borne diseases; host– pathogen interactions; management and control of plant disease; decision making in crop protection; viral diseases; fungal diseases; bacterial diseases; diagnosis; first report

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

Genomic Selection and Marker-Assisted Breeding in Crops

edited by

Bo-Keun Ha

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop breeding; molecular marker; marker-assisted selection (MAS); quantitative trait locus (QTL); genome-wide association study (GWAS); mutagenesis; genomic selection

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

Postharvest Storage of Soft Fruits: New Insights from Transcriptomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics

edited by

Irene Romero

and

M. Teresa Sanchez-Ballesta

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft fruit; postharvest quality; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics

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

Interaction of Growth-Promoting Microorganisms with Pulses: Nutrition, Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses and Increase in Grain Production

edited by

Norma Gouvea Rumjanek

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant-growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPM); mineral solubilization; phytohormone production; siderophore production; 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase production; BNF activity

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

Functions of Natural Products in Metabolic Diseases

edited by

Flavio Francini

and

Guillermo R. Schinella

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant natural products; metabolic diseases; phytomedicine; pharmaceuticals; obesity; diabetes; NAFLD; cardiovascular risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Deciphering Plant Molecular Data Using Computational Methods

edited by

Rajeev K. Azad

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant molecular networks; plant biology; computational data; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics

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

Sensing Modeling and Robots for Plants

edited by

Wen-Hao Su

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; artificial intelligence; intelligent machines; crop growth modeling; robot– plant interaction; high-throughput phenotyping; target detection; computer vision; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Recent Advances in Plant RNA Biology

edited by Yueying Zhang, Xiaofei Yang and

Ming Chen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-coding RNA; alternative splicing; plant development; stress response; RNA-based regulation; RNA structure; RNA dynamics

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

Mastering Resilience: A Comprehensive Exploration of Plant Stress Responses through Omics Profiling

edited by

Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon

and José Ribamar Costa Ferreira-Neto

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; plant– pathogen interaction; bioinformatics; plant tolerance; plant resistance

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

Metabolomics in Medicinal Plants and Agricultural Research

edited by

Deepak M. Kasote

and

Jisun H. J. Lee

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: mass spectrometry; metabolomics; plant interactions (biotic and abiotic); natural products; medicinal plants

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

Wheat Productivity and Resource Utilization

edited by Tie Cai

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: wheat yield; resource use efficiency; cultivation measures; tillage; regulation mechanism; technical approach

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

Crop Breeding for Food and Nutrition Security

edited by

Zerihun Tadele

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop breeding; food security; nutrition security; conventional breeding; NPBT; crop productivity

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

Ecology, Biogeography and Evolutionary Biology of Tropical Ecosystems

edited by

François Munoz

, Constant Yves Adou Yao and Narayanan Ayyappan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: tropical ecosystems; global changes; ecology; biogeography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Signaling during Plant-Microbe Symbioses

edited by

Muthu Venkateshwaran

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: symbiosis; arbuscular mycorrhization; ectomycorrhization; ericoid mycorrhization; legume nodulation; actinorhizal symbiosis; biological nitrogen fixation; plant– microbe symbiotic signaling; interplay between symbiotic and defense signaling

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

The Diverse Secondary Metabolites of Endophytic Fungi in Plants

edited by Peng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: endophytic fungi; secondary metabolites; structural elucidation; chemical diversity; biological activity; cytotoxic; antimicrobial

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

Microbial Control of Insect Pests and Plant Pathogens

edited by

Leopoldo Palma

Diego Herman Sauka

and

Primitivo Caballero

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open

Keywords: insect pests; plant disease; biocontrol agents; microbial bioinsecticides; plant disease control; microbial formulations; microbial entomopathogens; biological control

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

Crop Stress Tolerance and Green Production: Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the Founding of Northwest A&F University

edited by Xiaoping Hu,

Mingjun Li

, Dong Wang,

Xiaojun Nie

and

Dilantha Fernando

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5561 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress tolerance; green production; crop genetic breeding; pest control; efficient water use; yield improvement; crop quality

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