Structural Variation of the Chloroplast Genome and Related Bioinformatics Tools

Tapan Kumar Mohanta, Baozhong Duan, Weijun Kong, Gang Zhang, Linchun Shi

Frontiers Media SA

The plastid genome has been the most important source of data for the reconstruction of plant...

Science Plant Science Plant Bioinformatics

Keywords: Plastome,­Pseudogenes,­Gene losses,­Population,­comparative study,­extreme environmental condition

Transcriptomics of Fruit Growth, Development and Ripening

Neftali Ochoa-Alejo, Maria Carmen Gomez-Jimenez, Octavio Martinez

Frontiers Media SA

Plant fruits are important from a biological, nutritional, and economic perspective. Fruits are...

Science Plant Science Plant Development and EvoDevo

Keywords: carbamoyltransferases,­Carotenoids,­core genes,­flavor,­Fruit,­Histone Acetyltransferases,­Metabolomics,­regulatory network

Applications of novel gene editing tools and approaches in plants

Changjun Huang, Cheng Yuan, Tong Zhang

Frontiers Media SA

Science Plant Science Plant Biotechnology

Keywords: genome editing tools,­trait improvement,­gene function,­gene knockout,­Gene Targeting

Water and Carbon Dynamics, Ecosystem Stability of Forest and Grassland in Response to Climate Change

Xiaoming Kang, Shoujia Sun, Fenghui Yuan, Xianjin Zhu, Xiaojuan Tong, Hui Huang

Frontiers Media SA

Forest and grassland ecosystems are the most important carbon sinks in terrestrial ecosystems. They...

Science Plant Science Functional Plant Ecology

Keywords: ecosystem,­vegetation,­Carbon Sequestration,­Climate Change

Crop Improvement by Omics and Bioinformatics

Yan Zhao, Jun Li, Zhichao Wu, Xueqiang Wang

Frontiers Media SA

Crop improvement has been continuously driven by the demand for food security and sustainability....

Science Plant Science Plant Bioinformatics

Keywords: omics,­bioinformatics,­Population Genetics,­trait improvement,­crop evolution

Applications of Omics in Plant-Microbiome Interactions

Long Yang, Yi Wang, Xuewen Wang

Frontiers Media SA

Plant growth and development is the product of layers of sensing and regulation that are modulated...

Science Plant Science Plant Symbiotic Interactions

Advances in molecular plant pathology, plant abiotic and biotic stress

Kun Zhang, Laura Medina-Puche, Xiaofeng Zhang, Zhenggang Li

Frontiers Media SA

Science Microbiology Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Keywords: plant-pathogen interactions,­Plant Viruses,­Abiotic stress responses,­plant pathogenic bacteria,­Plant Immunity,­Soil-Pathogen Interactions,­Disease management strategies,­Herbicide resistance mechanisms

Compensatory Growth: an Adaptation to Environmental Stress in Plants and Animals

Chao Li, Bernard Roitberg, E. Tobias Krause

Frontiers Media SA

Compensatory growth (CG) is defined as a change in growth rate (usually positive) following a...

Science Plant Science Functional Plant Ecology

Keywords: Compensatory growth,­disturbance,­Functional Analysis,­Life History,­predictive models,­productivity enhancement,­Overcompensation

Advances in Discoveries of Plant Phytochemicals

Rajesh Chandra Misra, Ramesha Thimmappa, Mercedes Bonfill

Frontiers Media SA

Plants are leading chemists that collectively synthesize a vast number of low molecular weight...

Science Plant Science Plant Metabolism and Chemodiversity

Keywords: phytochemicals,­plant protection,­Agriculture,­plant specialized metabolites