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Plant genome editing: advances and applications in plant biology

Guest Editors
Anshu Alok, PhD, University of Minnesota, USA
Jitesh Kumar, PhD, University of Minnesota, USA
Zhongwei Zou, PhD, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Submission Status: Open until 28 February 2026

Plant reproductive systems: genetics and evolution

Guest Editors:
Shyam Sundar Dey, PhD, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
Madhu Sharma, PhD, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, India
Dawei Xu, PhD, University of Georgia, USA

Submission Status: Open until 28 November 2025

Advances and applications in plant cell wall research

Guest Editors:
Marc Carriquí, PhD, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Ahmed Faik, PhD, Ohio University, USA
Allan Showalter, PhD, Ohio University, USA

Submission Status: Open until 28 November 2025

Biostimulants in sustainable agriculture

Guest Editors
Sanhita Chakraborty, PhD, Texas A&M University, USA
Giacomo Cocetta, PhD, University of Milan, Italy
Antonio Ferrante, PhD, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Italy

Submission Status: Open until 30 August 2025

The plant microbiome

Guest Editors
Ayansina Segun Ayangbenro, PhD, North-West University, South Africa
Rungroch Sungthong, PhD, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Submission Status: Open until 29 August 2025

Advances in plant RNA biology

Guest Editors
Ulhas Sopanrao Kadam, PhD, Gyeongsang National University, South Korea
Ruslan Kalendar, PhD, University of Helsinki, Finland

Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2025

The role of phytohormones in plant growth and development

Guest Editors
Chirag Maheshwari, PhD, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
Anayat Rasool Mir, PhD, Aligarh Muslim University, India
Tingting Zhu, PhD, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Belgium

Submission Status: Open until 30 May 2025

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Plant synthetic biology: advances in fundamental research and applications

Guest Editors:
Jemaa Essemine, PhD, Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Science, China
Saroj Kumar Sah, PhD, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
Qinlong Zhu, PhD, South China Agricultural University, China

Climate-smart soils to enhance sustainable crop yield

Guest Editors:
Walter Mupangwa, PhD, Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Zimbabwe
Debadatta Sethi, PhD, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, India
Muhammad Shaaban, PhD, Henan University of Science and Technology, China

Plant membrane transport and signaling

Guest Editors:
Zhonghua Chen, PhD, Western Sydney University, Australia
Sergey Shabala, PhD, University of Western Australia, Australia
Mohsin Tanveer, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Crop breeding for drought stress tolerance

Guest Editors:
Mostafa Abdelrahman, PhD, Texas Tech University, USA
Ahmad M. Alqudah, PhD, Qatar University, Qatar
Vijay Gahlaut, PhD, Chandigarh University, India
Daoquan Xiang, PhD, National Research Council Canada, Canada

Omics technologies and applications in horticultural crops

Guest Editors:
Yunpeng Cao, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Muhammad Irfan Siddique, PhD, North Carolina State University, USA

Multi-omics approaches for plant disease diagnosis and resilience

Guest Editors:
Sunil S. Gangurde: University of Georgia, USA
Manish Pandey: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India
Youxiong Que: Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China

Abiotic stress tolerance in plants

Guest Editors:
Claudio Inostroza-Blancheteau, PhD, Catholic University of Temuco, Chile
Isabel Marques, PhD, University of Lisbon, Portugal
José M. Mulet, PhD, Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain

Sustainable agriculture

Guest Editors:
Subhojit Datta: ICAR - Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, India
Islam Hamim: Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Durgesh Kumar Jaiswal: Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), India
Rungroch Sungthong: Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Plant disease resistance

Guest Editors:
Baffour Badu-Apraku: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria
Fei Shen: Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, China

Biocontrol strategies: an eco-smart tool for integrated pest & diseases management

Guest Editors:
Suresh Janardhan Gawande: ICAR-Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research, Pune, India
Durgesh Kumar Jaiswal: Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), India
Ram Krishna: ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, India
Soumia P. S.: ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, India
Anukool Vaishnav: University of Zurich, Switzerland

Plants and their pathogens

Guest Editors:
Andreia Cristina Figueiredo: Science Faculty of Lisbon University, Portugal
Ravi Gupta: Kookmin University, South Korea
Aiping Song: Nanjing Agricultural University, China

2018

Cross-journal thematic series
Genome editing technology and applications in animals and plants

2014

Cross journal collection
Reviewer acknowledgements 2013
Collection published: 26 February 2014

2010

Cross journal collection
Open Access Biodiversity Research
Collection published: 25 May 2010