Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology provides an international forum for original research papers, short communications and reviews on all aspects of molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, histology and cytology, genetics and evolution of plant-microbe interactions.

Papers on all kinds of infective pathogens, including viruses, viroids, prokaryotes, fungi, and nematodes, as well as mutualistic organisms such as Rhizobium, mycorrhizal fungi and other beneficial microbes which are effective in plant protection against diseases, are acceptable as long as they have a bearing on the interaction between pathogen and plant.

This journal publishes studies that apply artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), and machine learning (ML) for improvement of knowledge on host-pathogen interactions, disease detection and control strategies, physiological and molecular mechanisms related to infection processes of pathogens and plant defense, supported by validation via in vitro and in vivo biological assays.

Research Areas Include:

• Recognition in plant immunity

• Cell biology of plant-microbe interactions

• Plant molecular defense responses, including transcriptome, proteome, miRNA profiling, metabolome

• Mechanisms of specific resistance, induced resistance and non-host -resistance

• Plant hormones and regulators in plant-microbe interactions

• Molecular biology of phytoalexins and other secondary metabolites of the host and their roles in resistance

• Pathogen effectors involved in pathogenicity and interaction with the host

• Pathogen infection mechanisms and host defense suppression

• Novel approaches for disease detection and control or management strategies

• Induction of plant immunity and biotechnology of resistance

• Pathogen molecular diagnostic.