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Weaponizing Plants: Where Old and New Plant Protection Strategies Are Taking Us?
edited by , Beata Zimowska and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 123 | 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 61 | 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 23 | 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)
Neglected and Underutilised Legumes and Grasses for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
edited by Anathi Magadlela and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 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)
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 1158 | 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 868 | 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 137 | 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 114 | 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 75 | 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 52 | 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 | 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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