Submit to Plants Review for Plants Propose a Special Issue

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

Special Issues

Plants publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic and all Special Issue submissions follow MDPI's standard editorial process. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated Editorial Board Member will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies and Guest Editor responsibilities can be found here. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

Section

Search by Title/Keyword

Order results

Display

Results per page

Dendrochronology and Wood Anatomy: Revealing How Plants Respond to Changing Environment

edited by

Weiwei Huang

Patrick Fonti

, Biao Pan and Junzhou Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5969 | Submission Open

Keywords: dendrochronology; wood anatomy; ecophysiology; climate change; statistical modeling

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

Occurrence and Control of Plant Bacterial Diseases

edited by Xiaolong Shao and

Zeling Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5430 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant bacterial diseases; bacterial pathogens; epidemiology; disease control strategies; biological agents; host– pathogen interaction

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

The Application of Spectral Techniques in Agriculture and Forestry—2nd Edition

edited by

Youzhen Xiang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5172 | 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)

Plant-Soil Interaction Response to Global Change—2nd Edition

edited by

Chunwang Xiao

Congcong Liu

and

Wenchen Song

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3980 | Submission Open

Keywords: roots; global change; soil ecology; rhizosphere; rhizo-microorganisms; biogeography

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

Molecular Regulation of Plant Stress Responses

edited by

Flávia Thiebaut

and

Clicia Grativol

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3881 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant stress response; non-coding RNA; biotic stress; abiotic stress; crop resilience; adaptation and acclimation; gene regulation; plant epigenetics; environmental stress

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

Development of Woody Plants

edited by

Jinzhi Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3624 | Submission Open

Keywords: vascular cambium; xylem; woody plant development; environmental influences; genetic regulation; reproductive biology; wood formation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)

Phytoplankton Community Structure and Succession

edited by

Dubravka Špoljarić Maronić

Filip Stevic

and

Tanja Žuna Pfeiffer

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3485 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoplankton diversity; lake steady states; biotic indicators; planktonic food webs; phytoplankton functional groups; edna metabarcoding; invasive species; cyanobacterial blooms; water quality assessment; conservation; plankton and climate change; ecosystem functioning; phytoplankton– periphyton interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification)

Plant Morphology and Anatomy in the Era of Climate Change

edited by

Ioannis-Dimosthenis Adamakis

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2377 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptation; anatomy; climate change; morphology; structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)

Application of Melatonin to Abiotic Stress in Horticultural Crops

edited by

Muhammad Ahsan Altaf

and

Zhiwei Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2045 | Submission Open

Keywords: melatonin; abiotic stress; antioxidant response; oxidative stress; plant physiology; molecular biology; horticultural plants; food security; tolerance mechanism

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

Morphological Traits and Their Role in the Phytochemical Profiles of Medicinal Plants

edited by

Fico Gelsomina

and

Claudia Giuliani

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1757 | Submission Open

Keywords: morpho-anatomy; microscopy; phytochemistry; secondary metabolites; chemosystematics; taxonomy; ethnobotany; biological activity

Biological Control Strategies for Managing Major Bacterial Diseases in Horticultural Crops

edited by

Nicoletta Pucci

and

Scala Valeria

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1719 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacterial plant diseases; biocontrol agents; active natural molecules; biopesticides/biostimulants; circular economy

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

Omics in Horticultural Crops

edited by

Octavio Martínez

and

Neftalí Ochoa-Alejo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1607 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural crops; vegetables; fruits; flowers; ornamentals; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics

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

Crop Germplasm Resources, Genomics, and Molecular Breeding

edited by

Zhanying Zhang

, Xingming Sun and Kun Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1107 | Submission Open

Keywords: crops; germplasm; genomics; molecular breeding

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

Biological Control of Plant Diseases Caused by Pathogenic Microorganisms—2nd Edition

edited by

Shaohua Chen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 935 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocontrol; pathogens; plant diseases; antagonistic microorganisms; quorum sensing; quorum quenching; metabolites; metabolism

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

Advances in Phytomanagement for Soil Health Restoration and Sustainability

edited by

Dimitris L. Bouranis

and Eleni G. Papazoglou

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 705 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; industrial non-food crops; adaptability; innovative agricultural practices; biostimulants; circular economy; sustainable value chains; bioenergy; bioproducts; sustainability assessment

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

The Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Bamboo Growth and Development

edited by Qiang Wei,

Muthusamy Ramakrishnan

and Zishan Ahmad

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 560 | Submission Open

Keywords: bamboo growth regulation; genetic regulation; epigenetics; DNA methylation; histone modification; transcription factors; auxin and gibberellin signaling; cell wall biosynthesis; non-coding RNAs; comparative genomics; CRISPR; bamboo stress adaptation

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

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 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 469 | 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)

Omics-Driven Approaches for Crop Improvement

edited by

Bianyun Yu

, Yuhai Cui and Jingpu Song

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 283 | Submission Open

Keywords: omics; genomics; epigenomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; phenomics; crop improvement

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

Innovative Approaches to Enhancing Fruit Quality and Postharvest Physiology

edited by

Evangelos Karagiannis

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit quality; postharvest physiology; sustainable agriculture; biotechnology

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

Medicinal, Aromatic and Condiment Plants: Traditional Uses, Applications and Innovations for the Development of Marketable Products

edited by

Edison Osorio

and María Carola Sabini

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemistry; plant metabolites; extraction; isolation and structure elucidation; bioactive plant; compounds; application of bioactive molecules; nutritional value; phytochemical composition; antioxidants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Novel Insight into Elicitors of Plant Immunity and the Activated Defensive Pathways

edited by Mo Wang and

Zonghua Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant innate immunity; elicitor; induction mechanism; resistance against pathogenic microorganisms

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

Omics Approaches to Analyze Gene Regulation in Plants

edited by

Om Prakash Narayan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: gene regulation; omics technologies; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; plant biology; transcription factors; non-coding RNAs; epigenetics; stress response; environmental adaptation; plant development; high-throughput analysis; functional genomics; molecular pathways; crop improvement; sustainable agriculture; systems biology; regulatory networks

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

Plant Bioactive Compounds, Functional Components and Functions

edited by

Maurizio Bruno

and

Natale Badalamenti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; phytochemistry; plant biology; molecular biology; physiology; plant– microbe interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Endosperm—Ephemeral Tissue with Great Potential

edited by

Marzena Popielarska-Konieczna

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: dedifferentiation; storage materials; proliferation; origin; evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)

Somatic Embryogenesis and Secondary Somatic Embryogenesis in Flowering Plants

edited by

Slađana I. Todorović

and Jelena Milojević

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology; germplasm conservation; secondary embryogenesis; somatic embryogenesis; genetic transformation; gene expression; epigenetic; genetic stability; chimerism; clonal propagation; large-scale propagation; regeneration; germination; histology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)

Genetic Diversity and Molecular Marker Development for Cotton Breeding and Crop Improvement

edited by

Jinfa Zhang

and Yi Zhu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: upland cotton; genetic diversity; molecular marker; cotton breeding; crop improvement; cotton; disease resistance

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

Studies on Plant–Humans Interactions as a Means for Fostering a More Sustainable Future

edited by

Andrea Pieroni

and

Renata Sõukand

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: ethnobotany; plant blindness; plant awareness disparity; neglected species; plant handicraft; wild food plants; medicinal plants; ornamental plants; ritual plants; new plant materials; plant perceptions

Phytochemical Innovations and Bioactive Compounds: From Characterization to Therapeutic Applications

edited by

Nijolė Savickienė

and

Lina Raudonė

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemicals; bioactive compounds; green extraction; molecular docking; drug discovery; functional foods; antimicrobial resistance; metabolic engineering; nutraceuticals; clinical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Advances in Nanotechnology for Monitoring and Enhancing Plant Physiological Responses Under Environmental Stress

edited by

Mario Pagano

and

Ilaria Cacciotti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; plant physiological responses; environmental stress; nanosensors; stress mitigation; sustainable agriculture; precision farming; nanomaterials; plant– nanoparticle interactions; abiotic stress; biotic stress; stress tolerance; agricultural nanotechnology

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

Crop Adaptation to Adverse Stress Conditions

edited by

Xiaojun Hu

, Shuxin Zhang and

Fangpu Han

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop breeding; abiotic stress tolerance; drought; cold; high temperature; salinity; transcription factor; miRNAs biogenesis; DNA methylation; adversity adaptation; gene editing; chromatin modifications; epigenetics; yield; development; molecular biology

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

Strategies of Forest Trees Against Drought Stress

edited by

Shengji Wang

Tangchun Zheng

and

Su Chen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought stress; forest ecosystem; tree drought resistance mechanisms; adaptive management technologies; Physiological and molecular regulatory networks; structural and functional adaptive evolution

Biocontrol of Toxicogenic Fungi in Vegetables Through the Use of Antagonistic Microorganisms

edited by María Cristina Nally and

Fabio Vazquez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: mycotoxin; biocontrol; antagonistic; yeasts; filamentous fungi; bacteria; storage; field; post-harvest conditions; vegetables; antifungal mechanisms

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

All About Viticulture and Vineyard Management: Development, Innovation and Sustainability (2nd Edition)

edited by

Laura de Palma

and

Vittorino Novello

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: grapevine; wine grape; table grape; environmental conditions; cultural practices; vine ecophysiology; biotic and abiotic stress; adaptation to climate crisis; sustainability; grape quality; grape healthiness

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

Technologies, Applications and Innovations in Plant Genetics Research

edited by Cristina Barrero Sicilia and

Emidio Albertini

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant genetics; genome editing; biotechnology; molecular breeding; high-throughput sequencing; synthetic biology; precision agriculture; functional genomics; bioinformatics

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

Isolation and Characterization of Secondary Metabolites from Plants

edited by

Amine Assouguem

and

Mohammed Kara

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2213 | Submission Open

Keywords: secondary metabolites; phytochemistry; extraction; essential oil; bioactive compounds; purification; plant metabolites; molecular docking; alkaloids; terpenoids; phenolics; flavonoids; nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); mass spectrometry (MS); natural products; antimicrobial; antioxidant; high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); gas chromatography (GC); solvent extraction; anticancer; anti-inflammatory; antiviral; antifungal; cytotoxicity; immunomodulatory; neuroprotective

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Plant-Animal Interactions: Highlighting Effects of Plant Anatomy, Natural History, and Environmental Changes

edited by

Kleber Del-Claro

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1594 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological interactions; mutualism; herbivory; plant morphology; plant defense; plant-animal relationships

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Responses to Heavy Metal Stress

edited by Fang He and Mengxue Niu

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 791 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal pollution; plant adaptive mechanisms; phytoremediation strategies; oxidative stress; molecular responses; genetic tolerance; omics approaches

Exploring the Molecular Mechanisms and Regulatory Networks Behind Plant Metabolism

edited by Yijun Fan,

Aoxue Luo

and Beibei Jiang

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 765 | Submission Open

Keywords: gene expression; gene function; metabolic pathways; transcription factors; multi-omics; biosynthesis

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

The Role of Plant Volatile Organic Compounds in Stress Responses

edited by

Irfan Ali Sabir

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 648 | Submission Open

Keywords: volatile organic compounds (VOCs); stress responses; biotic stress; abiotic stress; defense mechanisms; pathogen-induced volatiles; plant– plant communication

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

Unraveling Complex Traits and Developmental Pathways of Forest Trees

edited by

Zhong Chen

, Guochun Zhao and Shupei Rao

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 590 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional genomics; multi-omics analysis; synthetic biology; tree genetics and genomes; regulation of gene expression; gene regulatory networks; tree breeding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Development and Morphogenesis)

Developments in Sustainable Horticulture: Resilience, Resource Protection and Rewards

edited by

Michelle Mak

and

Christopher Cazzonelli

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10859 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural plants; resilience; resource protection; sustainable horticulture

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

Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Euro + Mediterranean Vascular Plants

edited by

Fabrizio Bartolucci

, Llorenç Sáez and

Manuel B. Crespo

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7183 | Submission Open

Keywords: cytotaxonomy; herbarium data; integrative taxonomy; molecular data; morphometry; plant nomenclature; typification; vascular flora

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification)

Biosafety and Ecological Assessment of Genetically Engineered and Edited Crops—2nd Edition

edited by

Charles Neal Stewart, Jr.

and

Wei Wei

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1093 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological consequence; environmental release; gene drives; genome editing; genetic engineering; genetically modified; risk assessment; synthetic biology

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

Abiotic and Biotic Stress of the Crops and Horticultural Plants, 2nd Edition

edited by

Pingfang Yang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 910 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; crops; horticultural plants; genetic analysis; genomics; plant defense mechanisms stress response

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

Halophytes and Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Tiziana Lombardi

and

Laura Pistelli

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: halophytes; salt stress; salt tolerance; sustainable agriculture

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

Challenges of Technology and Processing for Plant Extraction

edited by

Jelena Vladić

and

Nataša Nastić

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant extracts; extraction techniques; green solvents; bioactive compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Soil Fertility, Plant Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Javier Hernández-Allica

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant nutrition; soil; fertility; crop; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Innovations in Blueberry Science: Breeding, Stress Resilience, and Sustainable Production

edited by

Lingyun Zhang

and

Yibo Cao

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: blueberry (Vaccinium spp.); fruit development; fruit quality; breeding; environmental stress resistance; pest and disease management; molecular mechanisms; genomics analysis; post-harvest preservation

Bioactive Compounds and Advanced Analytical Approaches in Plant-Based Research: From Chemistry to Therapeutics

edited by

Kirley Marques Canuto

and

Hélcio Silva Dos Santos

submission deadline 29 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; plant extracts; analytical methods; therapeutic applications; phytochemicals; secondary metabolites; dereplication; pharmacological activity; herbal drugs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Advanced Botanical Research in the Mediterranean Area: Studies in Honor of Prof. Francesco Maria Raimondo on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday

edited by

Giuseppe Venturella

and

Gianniantonio Domina

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 21 articles | Viewed by 31943 | Submission Open

Keywords: Mediterranean; plant Science; flora; vegetation; taxonomy; conservation; phytochemistry; aliens; fungi; lichens; bryophytes; ornamental plants; seed banks

Displaying special issue 301-350 on page 7 of 14.

Go to page 5 6 7 8 9

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

Special Issues

Further Information

Guidelines

MDPI Initiatives

Follow MDPI