Plants

Allelopathy: From Plant–Plant to Plant–Microbe Interactions

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant and soil microbiomes; microbiome species diversity and abundance; microbiome functions in allelopathy; microbial and plant allelochemicals; novel modes of allelochemical distribution

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

Stress Metabolism of Horticultural Plants

edited by

Aoxue Luo

, Yijun Fan and Yin Jia

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural plants; environmental stresses; drought; salinity; stress tolerance; metabolism; signaling pathways; molecular mechanisms

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

Integrated Physiological Responses of Ornamental and Horticultural Plants Under Biotic and Abiotic Stress

edited by Anastasia E. Giannakoula

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant stress physiology; biotic and abiotic stress; ornamental and horticultural crops; photosynthetic responses; antioxidant defense; stress tolerance mechanisms; metabolic adaptation

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

Agricultural Techniques and Physiological Strategies for Survival and Growth of Plants in Nutritionally Starved Conditions

edited by

Adalberto Benavides-Mendoza

,

Gonzalo Tortella-Fuentes

,

Susana González-Morales

,

Marcelino Cabrera De La Fuente

and Alberto Sandoval-Rangel

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; rhizosphere processes ; trace nutrients; beneficial nutrients ; nutrient stress ; soil microbiome

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Advancing Abiotic Stress Resilience in Plants: Mechanisms, Solutions, and Practical Applications

edited by

Jiaxu Li

and

J. C. Luis Jorge

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; stress resilience; genetic engineering; transcriptomics; proteomics; chemical application; chemical priming; biotechnology; nanotechnology

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

Molecular Mechanisms of Stress Adaptation and Growth Regulation in Fruit Crops

edited by Baoxiu Qi and

Rachael Symonds

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 288 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; climate resilience; signal transduction; hormonal regulation; omics; gene editing fruit development; postharvest biology

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

Genetic Regulation Mechanism of Heavy Metal Accumulation and Tolerance in Plants

edited by Jinqiu Liao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: low cadmium accumulation plants; hyper cadmium accumulation plants; cadmium tolerance; gene function; molecular regulatory mechanisms; phytoremediation

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

Sustainable Soil Improvement for Crop Production

edited by

Beini Gong

and Lijuan Xie

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; sustainable soil improvement; crop production; soil amendment; soil–plant–microbe interactions; agricultural practices; carbon and nutrient cycling; agroecosystem sustainability

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

The Regulatory Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Response and Secondary Metabolism in Forest Trees

edited by

Jingli Yang

and Haijiao Huang

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5420 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; molecular mechanism; secondary metabolism; multi-omics

Targeted Metabolomics Reveals Biotic Interactions and Stress Responses in Plants

edited by

Els Prinsen

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 384 | 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)

Crosstalk Between Abiotic Stress and Pathogen Defense in Cereal Crops: Molecular and Redox Regulation

edited by Rosemary Vuković and

Ivna Štolfa Čamagajevac

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; cereal crops; combined stress; crosstalk; immune signaling; pathogen defense; phytohormonal crosstalk; redox regulation; ROS signaling; stress resilience

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

Advances in Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Crop Production (2nd Edition)

edited by

Mohamed Ait-El-Mokhtar

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3504 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility/health; crop production; sustainable agriculture; nutrient management; organic amendment; microbial amendment; soil remediation/restoration; soil fertilization

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

Plant Diseases as Sentinels of Global Change: From Molecular Signals to Agroecosystem Resilience

edited by

Moussa El Jarroudi

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1979 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant disease epidemiology; climate variability; early-warning signals; plant–microbe interactions; agroecosystem resilience; process-based modelling; digital plant pathology; sustainable crop protection; global change biology; food system stability

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

Physiological and Genetic Mechanisms of Environmental Stress Tolerance in Plants

edited by

Chien Van Ha

and Md Arifur Rahman Khan

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1456 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress tolerance; plant physiology; stress signaling and phytohormones; genetic and molecular regulation; antioxidant defense mechanisms; photosynthesis under abiotic stresses; crop resilience; stress-responsive genes; climate change and plant adaptation

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

Advances in Nitrogen Nutrition in Plants—2nd Edition

edited by

Takuji Ohyama

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1422 | Submission Open

Keywords: nitrogen nutrition; plants; N absorption; N assimilation; N transport; N utilization; physiology; metabolism; genetics; N fertilizer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses: Mechanisms, Adaptation, and Mitigation Approaches

edited by

Muhammad Adnan Shahid

and

Carlos Eduardo Aucique Pérez

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 883 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanisms of stress response; adaptation and acclimation; mitigation approaches; multi-omics integration; oxidative stress; antioxidants; biostimulants for plant stress mitigation

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

Agronomic and Genetic Research of Crops Empowered by Artificial Intelligence

edited by Weifu Li and

Hongwei Zhang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI in agriculture; precision design breeding; multi-omics; high-throughput phenotyping; stress resilience; foundation models

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

In Vitro Plant Regeneration and Biotechnological Approaches for Crop Improvement

edited by

Marga Pérez-Jiménez

submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8163 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrobacterium; plant tissue culture; plant editing; organogenesis; embryogenesis

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

Multifunctional Mediators in Plant Development and Stress Response

edited by

Maurizio Trovato

and Davide Marzi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 21283 | 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)

Adaptive Mechanisms of Plants to Biotic or Abiotic Stresses—2nd Edition

edited by

Wankui Gong

and

Pengtao Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17894 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant growth and development; adaptive mechanisms; biotic and abiotic stresses; multi-omics; functional verification

(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 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13244 | 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)

Nutrient Management for Crop Production and Quality

edited by

Ming Huang

and Xiaoli Hui

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9928 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient management; high yield; high quality; integration of water and fertilizer; soil tillage practice; crop physiology; integrated technologies; double cropping system; food crops; micronutrients; plant growth regulators; drones

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Systems-Level Understanding of Plant Adaptation to Abiotic Stress: Physiological and Biochemical Perspectives

edited by

Małgorzata Nykiel

and

Dominika Boguszewska-Mańkowska

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9708 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress tolerance; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; hormonal regulation

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

Epigenetic Regulation and Molecular Mechanisms in Brassica Crop Improvement

edited by

Ryo Fujimoto

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9686 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; allopolyploidy; biotic stress; DNA methylation; defense response; disease resistance; epi-allele; epigenetics; epigenome; flowering time; heterosis; histone modification; non-coding RNA; reproductive development; self-incompatibility; small RNA; transposon; transcriptomics; vernalization

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

Production, Quality and Function of Tea

edited by

Ping Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6089 | Submission Open

Keywords: tea; chemical analysis; biological functions; action mechanisms; applications of tea components; tea processing; tea flavor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Effect of Light on Plant Growth and Development

edited by

Youxin Yang

,

Feng Wang

and

Yong Zhou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5978 | Submission Open

Keywords: light plant growth and development; light signal; photoreceptors; plant defense; biotic and abiotic stress; plant hormone signaling

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

Climate Change and Plant Survival Strategies: Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations

edited by Sanja Manitašević Jovanović and Ana Vuleta

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5901 | 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)

Medicinal Plants: Advances in Phytochemistry and Ethnobotany (3rd Edition)

edited by

Dâmaris Silveira

and

Fabio Boylan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5841 | Submission Open

Keywords: ethnobotanical survey; traditional medicine; phytochemistry investigation; regulatory issues; biological activity assays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Adaptability and Acclimatization of Plants Under Environmental Stresses

edited by

Antônio Gustavo de Luna Souto

,

Hans Raj Gheyi

,

Alberto Soares De Melo

and

João Everthon da Silva Ribeiro

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5723 | 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)

Combined Stresses on Plants: From Mechanisms to Adaptations

edited by

Chenchen Zhao

,

Meixue Zhou

, Wei Jiang and

Ping Yun

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5023 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress interaction; plant physiology; abiotic stress; drought; nutrients; metal and metalloid toxicity; waterlogging

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

Advances in Plant Cultivation and Physiology of Horticultural Crops

edited by

Alexios A. Alexopoulos

and Ioannis Karapanos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4863 | Submission Open

Keywords: aromatic and medicinal plants; beneficial microbial endophytes; biostimulants propagating material; controlled-environment agriculture (CEA); smart and precision farming; nanoformulations in agriculture; organic and sustainable agriculture; plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; tuberous plants; vegetables

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

Horticultural Plant Cultivation in the Climate Change Era: From Genotypes to Environment

edited by

Jaime Cebolla-Cornejo

and

Salvador Rosello

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4405 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant breeding; sensory quality; bioactive compounds; deficit irrigation; high temperature; grafting

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

Modern Technologies in Water and Fertilizer Management for Sustainable Crop Production

edited by Shouchen Ma, Shoutian Ma,

Yang Gao

, Tongchao Wang and

Sen Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4358 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent irrigation; agricultural big data; remote sensing technology; GIS; crop systems; crop production; internet of things; water and fertilizer management

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

Bioactive Natural Products from Plants: Extraction, Characterization and Application

edited by

Asta Judžentienė

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4213 | 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)

Genetic Improvement of Oilseed Crops

edited by

Hong-Bo Liu

and

Ling Xu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3749 | Submission Open

Keywords: oilseed crops; genetic resources; genetic engineering and genome editing; agronomic and quality traits; biotic and abiotic stresses

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

Sustainable Alternatives to Synthetic Fungicides: Natural and Biological Control of Fungal Plant Pathogens

edited by

Antonia Carlucci

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3652 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological control; microbial agents; natural sources; plant extracts; phytomolecules; botanical fungicides; natural resistance inducers; sustainable crop protection; microbial interaction host/pathogen; systemic acquired resistance

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

Regulatory Mechanism of Carbon-Nitrogen Allocation in Cereal Crops and Its Response to Environment

edited by

Guohui Li

, Ke Xu and

Guanglong Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3584 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal crops; yield; resource use efficiency; carbon and nitrogen allocation; transportation mechanism; cultivation regulation techniques

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

Stress-Tolerant Crops for Future Agriculture

edited by

Muthusamy Ramakrishnan

and

Anket Sharma

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3103 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress-tolerant crops; climate change; plant resilience; abiotic stress; biotic stress; genome editing; genomics-assisted breeding; GWAS; transcriptomics; epigenomics; phenomics; microbiome; sustainable agriculture; climate-smart agriculture; drought tolerance; heat stress tolerance; salinity tolerance; disease resistance

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

Fungal–Plant Interactions: From Symbiosis to Pathogenesis

edited by

Agata Piecuch

and

Rafał Ogórek

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2938 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal–plant associations; symbiosis; pathogenesis; mycorrhiza; endophytes; plant immunity; host–pathogen 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 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2757 | 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)

Preharvest/Postharvest Factors and Storage Techniques for Improving Horticultural Crop Quality and Shelf Life

edited by

Yuquan Duan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2218 | Submission Open

Keywords: postharvest; preharvest; storage; horticultural crops; physiology; mechanism; quality; shelf life

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

Genetic Improvement and Stress Resistance of Wheat

edited by

Guangrong Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2214 | Submission Open

Keywords: wheat; abiotic stress; biotic resistance; molecular breeding; gene mapping; germplasm enhancement; wide hybridization

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

Coenological Investigations of Grassland Ecosystems

edited by

Károly Penksza

and

Szilárd Szentes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2212 | Submission Open

Keywords: grassland; grassland ecology; grassland ecosystem; vegetation; plant biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Plant–Microbe Interactions Under Stress: Exploring Defence Mechanisms, Microbial Diversity, and Resilience

edited by

Waqar Islam

and

Fanjiang Zeng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2142 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant–microbe interactions; microbial diversity; abiotic stress; plant defence mechanisms; stress tolerance; rhizosphere microbiome; endophytes; plant growth-promoting microbes (PGPM); molecular adaptation; sustainable agriculture

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

Weaponizing Plants: Where Old and New Plant Protection Strategies Are Taking Us?

edited by

Francesca Degola

, Beata Zimowska and

Gianluigi Giannelli

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2132 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant biodiversity; plant conservation; sustainable agroecosystems; plant protection; environmental stresses; biotechnology; plant resilience; mitigation of adversities; endangered plant species; saving plants

The Growth of Plants in Arid Environments

edited by

Maierdang Keyimu

and

Zongshan Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2116 | Submission Open

Keywords: arid environment; plant growth; adaptation strategy; pheynotypic plasticity; physiological adjustment; wood anatomy

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

Recent Trends in Reproductive Enhancement of Crop Resilience to Extreme Climate

edited by Dragana Trkulja,

Andreas Börner

and

Dragana Miladinović

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2082 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop reproductive mechanisms; heat and drought stress; pollination efficiency; sustainable agriculture; genome editing

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

Plant Hormone Signaling: Molecular Mechanisms and Integrated Functions

edited by Zhijuan Wang and

Hongtao Zhao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2025 | Submission Open

Keywords: hormone crosstalk; signal transduction; receptor kinases; transcriptional regulation; stress resilience; crop improvement

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

Essential Oils for Pest and Disease Management: From Chemistry to Application

edited by Xunyue Liu and

Qiong Rao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1972 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant pest and disease control; plant immune inducers; biomimetic pesticides

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

Photosynthesis, Nitrogen and Elevated CO₂ in the Atmosphere

edited by

Bertrand Hirel

and

Christine H. Foyer

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1937 | Submission Open

Keywords: photosynthesis; elevated CO2; CO2 fertilization effect; nitrogen limitation; nitrogen dilution; plant growth; climate change; crop quality; nutrient cycling; plant physiology

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

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