Plants

New Insights in the Research of Bioactive Compounds from Plant Origin with Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Potential II

edited by

Ivayla Dincheva

,

Ilian Badjakov

and

Bistra Galunska

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 16 articles | Viewed by 35814 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; extraction; isolation; and structural characterization; herbal preparations and natural medicines; benefits; analytical strategies for bioactive compound identification and quantification; in vivo and in vitro bioactivity of botanicals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Water and Nitrogen Management in Soil-Crop System II

edited by

Puyu Feng

and

Kelin Hu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 15 articles | Viewed by 15030 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop yield; cropping system; irrigation scheduling; irrigation method; water use efficiency; nitrogen management; nitrogen accumulation and transport; nitrogen losses; nitrogen use efficiency; modeling; decision making; climate change

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

Volatile Compounds Emitted by Flowers: Extraction, Identification, and Application

edited by

Patrick Meffre

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6418 | Submission Open

Keywords: Volatile organic compounds (VOCs); flowers; isolation methods; chemical diversity; plant-environment interactions; plant ecology

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

Tools and Resources for Wheat Molecular Breeding

edited by

Awais Rasheed

and

Zhonghu He

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5167 | Submission Open

Keywords: wheat breeding; molecular markers; gene editing; wheat transformation; marker-assisted selection; genomic selection; pre-breeding; wheat genetic resources

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

The Role of Abscisic Acid (ABA) Machinery in Stress Response

edited by

Gastón Alfredo Pizzio

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4271 | 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)

Plant Invasion 2023

edited by

Dalva Maria da Silva Matos

,

Daolin Du

and Shanshan Qi

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4249 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant invasions; ecology of invasive plants; climate change and biological invasion; invasion dynamics; native species as invasive; plant invasion and one health; prevention and management of plant invasions; policy; legislation; and governance regarding invasive plants; economic impacts of plant invasion; citizen science applied to plant invasion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Physiology and Molecular Ecology of Ratoon Rice

edited by

Wenxiong Lin

and

Wenfei Wang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3512 | Submission Open

Keywords: ratoon rice; ratoon ability; grain yield; grain quality; mechanized harvesting; breeding; cultivation management; physiology and molecular ecology; stubble quality; ratoon grain filling

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

Recovery, Characterization, Functionality and Applications of Bioactive Compounds from Food-Plant Products and Their By-Products 2nd Edition

edited by

Ariel Fontana

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3102 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytonutrients; chemical composition; side streams of food industry; biofunctional and technofunctional compounds; improving storage stability; phenolic compounds; extraction; separation and fractionation methods; liquid chromatography– mass spectrometry; phytochemical composition; functional properties assessment; health-promoting properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Adaptive Strategies of Plants to Stress Factors

edited by

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submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2977 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive strategies; abiotic stress; biotic stress; oxidative stress; acclimation

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

Analysis of Phytochemicals and Nutritional Characterizations of Food Plants

edited by

Sonia Carabetta

and

Rosa Di Sanzo

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2627 | Submission Open

Keywords: food quality; novel food plants; nutritional characterizations of food plants; bioactive compounds; phytochemicals; antioxidant

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Beneficial Plant-Microorganisms Interactions: Augmented Defenses of Plants and Physiological Responses

edited by Daiana Garcia

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1136 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant infections; plant-microorganism interaction; biocontrol plant physiological responses; plan defenses elicitors

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

Regulation of Plant Responses to Heat and Drought Stress II

edited by

Zhaoxia Li

and

Kent Burkey

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: Abies pinsapo; drought; photosynthesis; stomatal conductance; resilience; water stress

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

Crop Genetic Mechanisms and Breeding Improvement

edited by

Hua Zhong

and

Weilong Kong

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop breeding; population genetics; genome; multi-omics; Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS); Quantitative trait loci (QTL)-mapping; abiotic stress

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

Emission and Function of Plant-Originated Volatile Organic Compounds

edited by

Miguel Portillo-Estrada

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 170 | 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)

Green Chemistry for Natural Product Extraction: Cleaner and Efficient Approaches

edited by Grasiele Scaramal Madrona, Adriano Costa de Camargo,

Rúbia Carvalho Gomes Corrêa

,

Carlos Eduardo Eduardo Barão

and Miria Hespanhol Miranda Reis

submission deadline 20 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 145 | 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)

Advances in Biochar Applications for Agricultural and Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Haijun Sun

and

Nigel Gale

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 24190 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; plant production; climate change; soil carbon

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

Interaction between Sugarcane and Environmental Stressors: From Identification to Molecular Mechanism

edited by San-Ji Gao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 10276 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology; biotic and abiotic stressors; signaling cascades; bioinformatics; gene functioning and characterization; genomics; transcriptomics; metabolomics; proteomics; CRISPR/Cas system; transgenic sugarcane; sugarcane crop improvement

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

Evaluation of Genetic Diversity and Germplasm in Plants Using Molecular and DNA Markers

edited by

Jana Žiarovská

and

Katarína Ražná

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 10168 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular markers; DNA markers; plants; biodiversity; polymorphism; coding space; non-coding space; functional markers; genotyping; molecular ecology; molecular plant breeding

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

Pathogenesis and Disease Control in Crops—2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10139 | Submission Open

Keywords: comprehensive disease management; plant defense mechanisms; beneficial microorganisms; biological control agents; plant– pathogen interactions; nano-based pest control; phytopathogens biology; sustainable crop protection; resistance host inducers; integrated pest management; microbial interactions; microbial community ecology

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

Sustainable Weed Management II

edited by

Aurelio Scavo

and

Alessia Restuccia

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9225 | Submission Open

Keywords: weed biology; plants adaptation strategies; integrated weed management; cover crops; allelopathy; bioherbicides; biological methods; mechanical methods; physical methods; cultural methods; soil seedbank; weed thresholds; floristic composition; ecosystem services

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

Multiple Response Mechanisms of Plants to Drought Stress

edited by

Jie Gao

,

Jie Zhao

and

Peijian Shi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 8956 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant morphology; secondary metabolites; physiological and biochemical responses; molecular mechanisms; global change; drought stress

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

Plant Taxonomy, Systematics, and Phylogeography

edited by

Jacek Urbaniak

and Paweł Kwiatkowski

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8116 | Submission Open

Keywords: biogeography; phylogeny; molecular analysis; phylogeography; plants; species; systematic; taxonomy

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

Biodiversity and Genetic Control of Tolerance to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses in Plants

edited by

Ndiko Ludidi

and

Faheem Shehzad Baloch

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8075 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic resources; biodiversity; abiotic stress; biotic stress; stress tolerance; plant– environment interactions; plant– microbe interactions; food security; climate change

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

Multi-Omics Analysis of Plant under Abiotic Stress

edited by

Jingkui Tian

and

Wei Zhu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8012 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; plants; multi-omics; response mechanism

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

Grapevine Response to Abiotic Stress

edited by

Sara Amâncio

,

Carlos Manuel Lopes

and

Alicia Pou Mir

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7124 | Submission Open

Keywords: acclimation; adaptation measures; climate change; cold stress; grapevine genetic selection; heat stress; phenotyping; response to abiotic stress; stress tolerance; vineyard management; Vitis vinifera; water stress; water use efficiency

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

Role of Auxin in Plant Growth and Development

edited by

Tongda Xu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7036 | Submission Open

Keywords: auxin transport; auxin metabolism; auxin signaling; environmental adaptation

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

Tea Plants Cultivation

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6964 | Submission Open

Keywords: tea plant– environmental interactions; soil microbial community; carbon cycle of soil; ecological tea plantation; soil health; soil degradation; intelligent equipment

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

Plant Chemistry and Insect Adaptation from Physiology to Ecology

edited by

Fajun Chen

,

Lanzhi Han

and

Lei Qian

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6113 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant chemicals; plant nutrients; plant defense; plant resistance; VOCs; environmental impacts; fertilizer application; insect pests; insect physiology; insect ecology; population dynamics; growth; development and reproduction; insect adaptation; host-selection behaviour; feeding behaviour; oviposition behaviour; plant-insect interaction; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

The Role of Plants in Phytoremediation of Particulate Matter and Other Air Pollutants

edited by

Robert Popek

,

Arkadiusz Przybysz

and

Adrian Łukowski

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6097 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; particulate matter; PM; phytoremediation; plants; trees; shrubs; herbaceous plants; stress factors

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

Abiotic Stresses in Cereals

edited by

Beata Dedicova

and

Jagadish Rane

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6008 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; high temperature; heavy metals; chill tolerance; waterlogging; plant nutrient imbalance; salinity; alkalinity; extreme solar radiation; mechanisms; traits; genes

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

Soil-Beneficial Microorganisms and Plant Growth

edited by

Mohamed Anli

,

Raja Ben-Laouane

and Abderrahim Boutasknit

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5576 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant growth promoting microorganisms; plant physiology; biostimulants/biofertilizers; crop production; crop protection; soil-beneficial microorganisms; organic agriculture; climate change; environmental stresses

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

Genetic Diversity, Germplasm Resources, and Biotechnological Applications for Sustained Crop Improvement

edited by

Wenqiang Li

and

Haifeng Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5475 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity; germplasm resources; biotechnological applications; crop improvement; genes; environmental stress tolerance; molecular basis

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

Management and Efficient Utilization of Water and Fertilizer in Field Crops II

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5254 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; crop system; grain and forage crops; crop yield; irrigation scheduling; water use efficiency; fertilization management; nutritional diagnosis; plant– soil relationships; plant phenotypes; monitoring in agriculture; plant growth; forage quality

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

Natural and Anthropogenic Flora and Vegetation of Oceanic Islands

edited by

Valentí Rull

and Jose María Fernández-Palacios

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4777 | Submission Open

Keywords: oceanic islands; human settlement; primeval forests; anthropization; deforestation; anthropogenic impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Ecology)

Applications of Plant Biotechnology and Tissue Culture Techniques for Plant Production and Food Security

edited by

Yaser Hassan Dewir

and

Katalin Magyar-Tábori

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4774 | Submission Open

Keywords: acclimatization; anther culture; bioreactors; doubled haploids; food crops; genetic transformation; herbs and medicinal plants; in vitro breeding; in vitro grafting; liquid culture systems; micropropagation; microspore culture; morphogenesis; mutations; nano-particles; organogenesis; physiological disorders; plant growth substances; regeneration; rooting; rootstocks; somatic embryogenesis; stress tolerance and alleviation; unpollinated ovule culture; virus elimination

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

Role of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria in Fertilization Application: At the Soil-Plant Level

edited by

Fernando Shintate Galindo

and

Marcelo Carvalho Minhoto Teixeira Filho

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4760 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient acquisition; nutrient use efficiency; plant-growth-promoting bacteria; sustainable agriculture; biofertilizers; inoculants; nutrient solubilization; biological nitrogen fixation; beneficial elements; heavy metals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Prunus Dormancy and Breeding

edited by

Jose A. Egea

, David Ruiz and

Raquel Sánchez-Pérez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3422 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit crops; fruit development; germplasm; Prunus quality; plant dormancy; plant genetics; plant epigenetics; plant genomics; plant biotechnology

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

Plant Pathology and Epidemiology for Grain, Pulses, and Cereal Crops

edited by

Haiguang Wang

and

Jinliang Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2719 | Submission Open

Keywords: grain crop disease; pulses crop disease; cereal crop disease; pathology; epidemiology; pathogen– host interaction; disease control theory; disease monitoring; disease forecast

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

Modelling for Prediction of Horticultural Plant Growth and Defense

edited by Maryam Alavi-Shoshtari

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2534 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart horticulture; growth or defence mechanisms in plants; dynamical systems of plant growth/defence; integrated models in plant growth; prediction of horticultural systems by AI (artificial intelligence); computational biology; plant– environment system dynamics; prediction models with regular monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)

Advances in Chemical Analysis of Plants

edited by Javier Hernández-Allica

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2522 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient; chemometrics; ionomics; mass spectrometry; portable; phytochemical

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Plant Tissue Culture and Secondary Metabolites

edited by Hyeonji Yeo and

Sangun Park

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2465 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant tissue culture; hairy roots; Agrobacterium rhizogenes; secondary metabolites; metabolic profiling; antioxidant; antimicrobial

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

Phytochemicals Beneficial to Human Health - Volume II

edited by

José Antonio Morales-González

and

Nancy Vargas Mendoza

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2459 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemicals; natural products; plant extracts; biocompounds; antioxidants; oxidative stress; human health; physical exercise

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

Protected Cultivation of Horticultural Crops: Advances and Sustainability

edited by

Weijie Jiang

and

Wenna Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2183 | 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)

The Role of Irrigation in Mitigating Climate Change Effects on Crop Production

edited by

Hao Liu

and Xuewen Gong

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1893 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop evapotranspiration; irrigation; drought resistance; climate change; efficient water use; crop physiological growth; soil microenvironment; irrigation area ecosystem; environmental change

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

Grapevine Genetic Resources

edited by

Goran Zdunić

and

Marijan Bubola

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1858 | Submission Open

Keywords: ampelography; molecular markers; biodiversity; phenome; genome

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetic Resources)

Plant Propagation

edited by

Jeffery Adelberg

and

Byoung Ryong Jeong

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1699 | Submission Open

Keywords: propagation; in vitro plant cultivation; biotechnology; plant tissue culture; micropropagation; rooting; conservation; in vitro propagation; tissue culture; transplants; plant factory; controlled environment agriculture

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

Molecular Breeding for Plant Disease Resistance

edited by

Chiara Broccanello

and

Diana Bellin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1474 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular marker; plant breeding; breeding approaches; stress resistance; genetic diversity new biotechnological tools

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

Host Plant Resistance and Biological Control of Insect Pests

edited by

Humayun Javed

and

Dewen Qiu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1436 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological control; host‒plant interaction; plant‒microbe interaction; plant extracts; sustainable agriculture; integrated pest management; crop protection; natural antibacterial products; natural fungicide products

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

Horticultural Plant Cultivation and Fruit Quality Enhancement

edited by

Dongliang Qiu

and Caihong Zhong

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1377 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural plant cultivation techniques and methods; fruit quality; molecular mechanisms

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

Insights into Functional and Medicinal Value of Natural Products from Plants

edited by

Shaden Khalifa

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1326 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant-derived natural compounds; drug discovery; herbal supplement; phytochemical profile; traditional medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)

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