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Advances in Algal Photosynthesis and Phytochemistry
edited by José Bonomi Barufi and Nelso Navarro
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open
Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence; pigments; secondary metabolites; photoregulation; oxygen production; carbon fixation; photochemical reactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Exploring Plant Metabolic Pathways: Unraveling the Complexity of Plant Biochemistry
edited by Guiliang Tang and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant metabolism; metabolic pathways; primary metabolism; secondary metabolism; metabolic engineering; environmental influences; abiotic stress; biotic interactions; metabolomics; systems biology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Mechanisms of Plant Regulation against Environmental Stress submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; physiological mechanisms; molecular mechanisms; plant growth and development; stress-resistant plants; genes associated with stress resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Nutritional Quality, and Bioactive Components of Aromatic Plants submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open
Keywords: aromatic plants; natural habitats of aromatic plants; volatile plant compounds (content; composition; activity; variability); nutrients (variability); impact of variability factors (size and quality of the raw material yield); plant growth and development; cultivation of aromatic plants; plant nutrition (irrigation and fertilization); cover crops; organic farming; harvesting techniques (cultivation; natural state); produce quality; nutraceutical; aromatic and medicinal properties; primary and secondary metabolism; pre- and post-harvest factors; plant-based health-promoting products
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Plant Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the International Fertilizer Development Center submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil and plant health; innovative fertilizers and application technologies; science-based implementation; food system transformation; gender equality and social inclusiveness
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)
Advances in Plant and Food Metabolomics
edited by , and Pascual García-Pérez
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open
Keywords: untargeted analysis; biomarker discovery; metabolic profiling; data fusion techniques; cheminformatics; quality markers; fingerprinting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Panor-Omics-Based Design of Next Generation Biofertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture
edited by José Antonio Carrasco López and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable agriculture; plant microbiome engineering; multi-omics; panor-omics; biofertilizers; PGPB
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant–Soil Interactions)
Advances in Fruit Quality Formation and Stress Tolerance of Horticultural Plants
edited by and Faxing Chen
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: horticultural plants; fruit quality; biotic stress; abiotic stress; stress tolerance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Signaling in Rice
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open
Keywords: rice; ROS; signal transduction; stress; gene; plant hormones
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Decoding Plant Genomes: Insights and Innovations
edited by Viswanathan Satheesh and Rick E. Masonbrink
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open
Keywords: genetic control; plant genome; stress responses; epigenetics; crop improvement; genetic variation; interactions between genotype and environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Development of Biocontrol Products for Plant Diseases submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: biocontrol agents; microbial formulations for plants or fruits; induction of resistance; plant-microbe interactions; disease management; phytopathology; microbial communities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Photosynthetic Responses to Stress in Plants submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open
Keywords: photosynthetic performance; electron transport chain; energy absorption; energy quenching; pigment– protein complexes; oxygen evolution; abiotic stress; oxidative stress; stress tolerance; acclimation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Sustainable Strategies for Tea Crops Protection
edited by and
submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open
Keywords: tea diseases; pest management; ecological sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Light and Plant Nutrition submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5189 | Submission Open
Keywords: light parameters (spectrum; intensity; photoperiod; etc.); light-emitting diodes; covering materials; photo-selective nets; interaction between light and other environmental factors (temperature; CO2; relative humidity; plant nutrition; etc.) interaction; macronutrients; micronutrients; nano nutrients; biofortification; metabolism; nutrient– nutrient interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)
Emission and Function of Plant-Originated Volatile Organic Compounds submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; atmospheric chemistry; biosynthesis; chemical diversity; ecological interactions; plant communication; plant– herbivore interactions; plant– microbe interactions; volatile organic compounds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Abiotic Stress-Induced Secondary Metabolites Regulating Plant Metabolism
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9200 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; plants; sprouts; germination; signal transition; phenolics accumulation; gamma-aminobutyric acid; metabolism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Genetics, Genomics, and Biotechnology for Cereal Crop Improvements
edited by , Mingjie Chen and Junli Chang
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4958 | Submission Open
Keywords: cereals crops; molecular genetics; molecular breeding; functional genomics; comparative genomics; multi-omics; biotechnology; transgenic crops; gene editing; gene regulation; crop nano-biotechnology; crop improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Plant Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4432 | Submission Open
Keywords: abiotic stress; functional gene; regulation network; plant responses and defense mechanisms to stress; phytohormone
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Genetics, Molecular Breeding, and Biotechnology for Root and Tuber Crop Improvement, 2nd Edition
edited by , , and Huabing Yan
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4274 | Submission Open
Keywords: tuberization process; molecular mechanism; biotic/abiotic stress; functional analysis; storage root development; metabolism and metabolic products; nutritional quality; genetic improvement; gene editing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Molecular Approaches to the Systematics and Phylogeography of Critic Plant and Algal Groups submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3261 | Submission Open
Keywords: algae; plants; phylogenetics; phylogeography; species delimitation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification)
Pollination in a Changing World submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 1032 | Submission Open
Keywords: angiosperms; biodiversity; breeding systems; cross-pollination; endemism; gymnosperms; habitat loss; management; pollinators; sustainable use
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)
Green Chemistry for Natural Product Extraction: Cleaner and Efficient Approaches
edited by Grasiele Scaramal Madrona, Adriano Costa de Camargo, , and Miria Hespanhol Miranda Reis
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1000 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable extraction; agro-industrial by-products extraction; green extraction; clean technologies; natural ingredients; food security; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Utilization of By-Products from Fruits and Vegetables
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 695 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Integration of Light Signaling, Circadian Clock and Metabolic Responses in a Changing Climate
edited by Gabriela Toledo-Ortiz, Rossana Henriques and Elena Monte
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 348 | Submission Open
Keywords: circadian clock; light signals; photoreceptors; plant growth and metabolism; photomorphogenesis; signal integration; climate change; seasonal growth; chloroplast retrograde signaling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Physiological Aspects of Plant Response to Pathogens and Abiotic Stress—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2110 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotic and abiotic stresses; plant physiology; plant disease; photosynthesis; primary and secondary metabolites; plant hormones; plant pathogens
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
Biology and Current–Prospective Methods for the Detection and Management of Plant Pathogens for Sustainable Agriculture
edited by , Vishnu Nath and Sagarika Mishra
submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant pathogen; detection; identification; defence response; transcriptomics; proteomics; genomics; genome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Physiological Responses of Olive Trees under Different Environmental Conditions submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop phenology; global climate change; irrigation; physiology; temperature; yield
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Calcium Signaling in Plant Biotic Interactions and Defense submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open
Keywords: Ca2+ ion channels; Ca2+-binding proteins; Ca2+ protein kinase; Ca2+ ATPase; calcium signal transduction; plant– biotic interactions; plant defense responses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Omics in Plant–Pathogen Interaction: Recent Advances and Future Challenges submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant immunity; OMIC platforms; spatial OMICs; single cell; programmed cell death; apoplast; systemic resistance; hormone crosstalk; signaling pathways; pathogenicity; pathogen effectors; secretome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Plant Volatile Organic Compounds: Revealing the Hidden Interactions
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11522 | Submission Open
Keywords: volatile organic compounds biosynthesis and emission VOCs in plant– plant and plant– environment interaction VOCs in insect/microbe/pathogen/signaling mechanism novel approaches in volatile isolation/analysis/synthesis fruits/food and beverages essential oils biological activities application of omics technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
New Insights into Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10034 | Submission Open
Keywords: cross-border ethnobotany knowledge transmission; traditional ecology praxis; ethnopharmacology herbal tradition; ethnoveterinary praxis; edible wild mushrooms; ethnoecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification)
Transcriptome Analysis and Gene Regulation in Plant Growth Development II
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6210 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Molecular Biology)
The Role of Abscisic Acid (ABA) Machinery in Stress Response submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5593 | Submission Open
Keywords: ABA synthesis; ABA transport; ABA inactivation; ABA conjugation; ABA perception; ABA receptor; ABA signaling; ABA response; PYL receptors; PP2CA phosphatases; SnRK2 kinases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Mycology and Plant Pathology submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4808 | Submission Open
Keywords: beneficial fungi; disease management; fungal diseases; mycotoxin; plant– fungal interactions; phytopathology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Therapeutic Potential of Natural Compounds: In Vitro and In Vivo Approaches submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4775 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural compounds; plant extracts; in vitro; in vivo; biological activity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Management of Soil Health in Agroecosystem
edited by Jie Zhou and Guodong Shao
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4638 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil health; soil quality; crop management; agroecosystem; soil physico-chemical property; soil microbial diversity and community; soil organic carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas emission; crop yield
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant–Soil Interactions)
Plant Essential Oil with Biological Activity III submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4571 | Submission Open
Keywords: essential oils; antimicrobial activity; cytotoxicity; phytotoxicity; antioxidant; phytopathogens
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Protected Cultivation of Horticultural Crops: Advances and Sustainability
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4336 | Submission Open
Keywords: controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA); protected cultivation; greenhouse; tunnel; hydroponics; soilless cultivation; vertical farming
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Genetic Improvement of Cassava
edited by Eder Jorge De Oliveira and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4016 | Submission Open
Keywords: Manihot esculenta Crantz; breeding; genomics; genetics; phenotyping; rapid cycling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Phytochemical Characterization and Medicinal Value of Natural Products submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3841 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural products; phytochemical characterization; medicinal properties; bioactive metabolites; phytochemistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Breeding and Cultivation Management of Legumes, Volume II submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3425 | Submission Open
Keywords: legume germplasm; diversity; selection; superior traits; agronomic performance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
Plant Diseases and Sustainable Agriculture submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2450 | Submission Open
Keywords: food security; plant pathology; plant disease management; crops; biotic and abiotic stresses; diagnosis; control; global climate changes; modeling; next-generation sequencing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
The Physiology of Abiotic Stress in Plants
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2426 | 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)
Water and Nutrient Uptake in Plants submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1867 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)
Barley Genomics, Genetics, and Breeding
edited by Gaofeng Zhou
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1528 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop genetics; QTL mapping; breeding; genomics; association mapping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
Drought and Poaceae Crops
edited by Christell Van Der Vyver and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1328 | Submission Open
Keywords: Poaceae; drought; abiotic stress; drought tolerance; biotechnological approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
Plant-Derived Food: Relationship between Bioactive Compounds and Health Benefits submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1136 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant-based food; botanicals; phytochemicals; bioactive compounds; essential oils; antioxidant effect; health benefits; chronic diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
Advanced in Cereal Science and Cereal Quality, Volume 2
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1131 | Submission Open
Keywords: cereal quality; bioactive nutrients; biofortification; bioavailability; novel techniques; grain ingredients
(This special issue belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
Plant Behavioral Ecology
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 782 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant movement; plant behavior; flower– pollinator interaction; adaptive behavior; plant– herbivore interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
Molecular Biology of Ornamental Plants, Volume II
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 497 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotechnology; development; molecular regulatory mechanism; multi-omics; ornamental plants; stress response
(This special issue belongs to the Section Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants)
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