We welcome manuscripts advancing our mechanistic understanding of plant interactions with beneficial, parasitic or pathogenic microorganisms.
Areas of particular focus are studies on plant-microbe interactions at the molecular or biochemical level. Topics of interest range from insights into how microorganisms affect plant physiology, development, nutrition, or plant responses to stressful environments.
Subject Editor
Ulrike Mathesius
Research School of Biology
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
ulrike.mathesius@anu.edu.au
Area of expertise: nitrogen fixation, nodulation, legumes, rhizobia, plant parasitic nematodes, plant hormones, flavonoids, root development, metabolomics, microscopy
Handling Editors
START SEPTEMBER 2024 
Michael Bitterlich
Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute for Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
LBerlin, Germany
michael.bitterlich@hu-berlin.de
Area of expertise: arbuscular mycorrhiza, plant nutrition, drought tolerance, plant-soil interactions, isotope tracing, plant gas exchange measurements and models, root uptake models, soil texture and hydraulics 
Tofazzal Islam
Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (IBGE)
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh
tofazzalislam@bsmrau.edu.bd
Area of expertise: molecular plant-oomycete interactions, ecological chemistry, plant probiotics, secondary metabolites, genome editing, Genomics, CRISPR technology
Jian Jin
La Trobe Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and Food
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
j.jin@latrobe.edu.au
Area of expertise: crop production; soil microbial community, phosphorus, rhizobium, nitrogen and soil organic carbon
Francine Perrine-Walker
Centre of Carbon, Water and Food
The University of Sydney, Australia
marie.perrine-walker@sydney.edu.au
Area of expertise: nodulation, plant-microbe interactions, rhizobia, plant parasitic nematodes, plant hormones, plant fungal pathogens, root development, microscopy
Ricky Milne
CSIRO Agriculture and Food
Canberra, Australia
ricky.milne@csiro.au
Area of expertise: Plant-fungal interactions, multipathogen resistance, rust diseases, nutrient transport, sugar transporter biology, electrophysiology
Krista Plett
Plant Biosecurity Research and Diagnostics
Menangle, Australia
Krista.plett@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Area of expertise: plant-fungal interactions, ectomycorrhizal fungi, nutrient acquisition, gene function, signalling, transcriptomics, metabolomics
Daniela Tsikou
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
University of Thessaly, Greece
dtsikou@uth.gr
Area of expertise: plant symbiotic relationships, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, nitrogen-fixing rhizobia, legumes, tripartite interactions, autoregulation mechanisms, nutrient limitation, gene regulation
Ramesh Raju Vetukuri
Department of Plant Breeding
Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences
Alnarp, Sweden
ramesh.vetukuri@slu.se
Area of expertise: Plant-pathogen interactions, biocontrol, omics, small RNAs, microbiomes