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
Michael
Bitterlich
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Australia
Areas of expertise: arbuscular mycorrhiza, drought tolerance, isotope tracing, plant gas exchange measurements and models, plant nutrition, plant-soil interactions, root uptake models, soil texture and hydraulics
m.bitterlich@uq.edu.au Research webpageHandling Editors
Isaac Kwesi
Abuley
Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark
Areas of expertise: alternaria spp., biological control, disease Epidemiology & modeling, fungi, fungicide resistance, host resistance, integrated pest management, molecular and morphological diagnostics of plant pathogens, oomycetes, phytophthora infestans
ikabuley@agro.au.dk Research webpage
Marco
Cosme
Ecology and Dynamics of Human-influenced Systems, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France
Areas of expertise: Above-belowground interactions, adaptive strategies, functional ecology, greenhouse gas exchange, microbial ecology, mycorrhizal associations, plant and microbial molecular biology, plant drought stress, soil biogeochemical processes, trait evolution
marco.cosme@u-picardie.fr Research webpage
Tofazzal
Islam
Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (IBGE), Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Areas of expertise: CRISPR technology, ecological chemistry, genome editing, genomics, molecular plant-oomycete interactions, plant probiotics, secondary metabolites
tofazzalislam@bsmrau.edu.bd Research webpage
Jian
Jin
La Trobe Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and Food, Melbourne, Australia
Areas of expertise: crop production; soil microbial community, nitrogen and soil organic carbon, phosphorus, rhizobium
j.jin@latrobe.edu.au Research webpage
Ricky
Milne
CSIRO Agriculture and Food Canberra, Australia
Areas of expertise: electrophysiology, multipathogen resistance, nutrient transport, plant-fungal interactions, rust diseases, sugar transporter biology
ricky.milne@csiro.au Research webpage
Francine
Perrine-Walker
Centre of Carbon, Water and Food The University of Sydney, Australia
Areas of expertise: microscopy, nodulation, plant fungal pathogens, plant hormones, plant parasitic nematodes, plant-microbe interactions, rhizobia, root Development
marie.perrine-walker@sydney.edu.au Research webpage
Krista
Plett
Plant Biosecurity Research and Diagnostics, Menangle, Australia
Areas of expertise: ectomycorrhizal fungi, gene function, metabolomics, nutrient acquisition, plant-fungal interactions, signalling, transcriptomics
Krista.plett@dpi.nsw.gov.au Research webpage
Ramesh R.
Vetukuri
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
Areas of expertise: biocontrol, microbiomes, omics, plant-pathogen interactions, small RNAs
ramesh.vetukuri@slu.se Research webpage