Dear Colleagues,

Over the last few decades, “omics” technologies, strongly supported by the rapidly evolving field of bioinformatics, have emerged as successful approaches for investigating different aspects of plant biology, including the interactions of plants with the environment and microorganisms. Indeed, advances in High‐Throughput Sequencing (HTS) technologies have paved the way for a new generation of different “omics”, such as genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, and proteomics. They play an important role in elucidating the mechanisms underlying plant growth, senescence, yield, as well as responses to biotic and abiotic stresses in numerous crops and model plants. Moreover, HTS-based approaches have been proved to be pivotal for elucidating the complexity and the role of the microbiome and the virome associated with plants, becoming an integral part of plant health research. Nonetheless, they are opening new perspectives for pathogen diagnosis.

In this Special Issue, we welcome articles illustrating new insights into the use of HTS and, more in general of “omics”-based approaches, for plant health. Comprehensive literature reviews dealing with the state of the art and future directions on the impact of “omics” technologies for plant health are also welcomed.

Please feel free to contact Assistant Editor Ms. Eirland Zhang <eirland.zhang@mdpi.com> and Guest Editors' Assistant Dr. Vittorio Maria Nicoloso <vittorio.nicoloso@ipsp.cnr.it>. We will be happy to help you.

Dr. Laura Miozzi
Dr. Giovanni Bubici
Dr. Stefano Ghignone
Guest Editors

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• bioinformatics
• plant health
• omics
• High‐Throughput Sequencing (HTS) technologies
• abiotic stress
• biotic stress