Special issue

With the ever-increasing climate change, there are substantial concerns about crops facing numerous abiotic stresses. Such abrupt alterations in the environment profoundly affect soil microbes and lead to the development of unusual and novel plant-microbial interactions that influence the plants themselves. While pathogenic viruses challenge crop physiology and reduce crop yield, mycoviruses may suppress fungal … Read more

  This Special Issue explores the intricate roles of strigolactones in mediating interactions between plants and soil microbes, focusing on their implications for sustainable agriculture and ecosystem health. First, understanding the roles of strigolactones in mediating plant-microbe interactions is crucial for deciphering the complex relationships that underpin ecosystem dynamics. These hormones are key signaling molecules … Read more

NEW DEADLINE. June 30, 2026 Agricultural productivity is increasingly jeopardized by abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, and extreme temperatures, as well as biotic stresses like pests and pathogens. These challenges are further exacerbated by climate change, which intensifies environmental variability and resource scarcity. Conventional breeding approaches often fall short in addressing these complex and … Read more

Roots naturally encounter a variable chemical, physical and biotic environment in time and space. If these environmental factors exceed the normal range overcoming plant adaptive capacity, they are considered as stressors challenging plant fitness. There is currently a gap between our mechanistic understanding of plant responses to variation of single factor in a controlled laboratory … Read more

The role of NO, H2S and CO on plant developmental processes has recently emerged. They regulate seed germination, nodule formation and nitrogen fixation, reactive oxygen species, Ca and hormone signalling, and their subsequent impact on plant development under stress and non-stress conditions. This special issue aims to compile emerging and significant research on Gasotransmitters in … Read more

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 2024 Extreme latitudes, like those of Arctic and Antarctic areas, share several features with mountain habitats, like short growing seasons with seasonally high solar irradiation, mostly cool temperatures and rugged terrains. Relatively rich flora can still be found especially in some of the Arctic and mountain regions (particularly alpine ones), even if … Read more

!! NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 28 February 2025   Horticultural crops, including fruits, vegetables, ornamental plants, medicinal herbs, and aromatic spices, are pivotal in addressing diverse agricultural needs. Recent advances in understanding how different light spectra influence flowering in horticultural crops, especially with LED technology, have created new research opportunities, especially in controlled environments like greenhouses … Read more

Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that the global human population will reach approximately 9 billion by 2050. The world farming system must produce 50% more food than the current production to meet growing food demands. Plant breeding-based technologies have contributed significantly to hunger reduction during the last few decades. However, the global food requirements … Read more

DEADLINE CHANGED TO 31st MARCH 2024. Pathogenic microbes are responsible for enormous crop loss during pre and post-harvest storage conditions and, thus, are one of the major threats to sustainable crop production. In particular, fungal pathogens cause some of the most devastating diseases of staple crops, including blast disease of rice and leaf rust, Fusarium … Read more

NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 2024 This special issue focuses on data resources and computation approaches for non-model organisms. In the past decade, there has been a revolution in high throughput methods. This has liberated studies from the need to use model systems, as evidenced by the explosion in available genome assemblies, multi-omics and population genomics … Read more

Plant-specialized metabolites, including anthocyanin and carotenoids, and floral volatiles such as terpenoids, phenylpropanoids/benzenoids, and fatty acids play crucial roles in plants. Importantly, they are features of flowers’ colors and fragrance, which are essential traits in maintaining the ecological linkage between flowers and a diverse range of visitors, such as pollinators, florivores and pathogens, hence playing … Read more

Sugars are the main source of carbon and energy in all living organisms. While sugar metabolism, transport and signaling are key processes involved in biomass production, yield and quality, sugars also play a crucial role in the adaptation of plants to the environment. Over the past decades, these fields have seen major advances but the … Read more