Global food production needs to increase by 70% by 2050 to meet increased food demand. Plant biotic interactions are one of several environmental elements that affect plant growth, development, and productivity. Understanding the interplay between plants and microbes can help researchers produce better plant varieties and more sustainable agriculture strategies.
Studying the molecular level plant-microbe interactions would provide a deeper understanding of how plants respond to microbe cues, gene regulatory mechanisms of interactions, and functional consequences of interactions.
Plant genomics revolutionized agricultural research and significantly contributed to developing plant varieties with superior traits. The rapid development in high-throughput sequencing and Bioinformatics technologies greatly accelerated plant genomics research for crop improvement. The recent advances in genomics and transcriptomics (omics) research allow a better mechanistic understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying plant-microbe interactions. Together, this research topic is focused on understanding the basal molecular networks underlying plant-microbe interactions through genomics and transcriptomics research for developing high precision efforts for sustainable agriculture.
This research topic will accept original research papers, review, and opinion articles that cover the following topics,
1. Profiling of molecular mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions using genomics and
transcriptomics analysis
2. Population genomics to survey diverse plant genotypes and associated phenotypes
3. Integrative multi-omics approaches to develop a knowledgebase for a detailed understanding of plant-microbial interactions
4. Application of machine learning and artificial intelligence methods to develop predictive models for understanding plant pathogenesis
5. Development of novel computational tools, statistical methods, functional databases, and genetic information resources
6. Repurpose/Reanalyze existing omics data to solve new biological questions related to plant-microbe interactions
Global food production needs to increase by 70% by 2050 to meet increased food demand. Plant biotic interactions are one of several environmental elements that affect plant growth, development, and productivity. Understanding the interplay between plants and microbes can help researchers produce better plant varieties and more sustainable agriculture strategies.
Studying the molecular level plant-microbe interactions would provide a deeper understanding of how plants respond to microbe cues, gene regulatory mechanisms of interactions, and functional consequences of interactions.
Plant genomics revolutionized agricultural research and significantly contributed to developing plant varieties with superior traits. The rapid development in high-throughput sequencing and Bioinformatics technologies greatly accelerated plant genomics research for crop improvement. The recent advances in genomics and transcriptomics (omics) research allow a better mechanistic understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying plant-microbe interactions. Together, this research topic is focused on understanding the basal molecular networks underlying plant-microbe interactions through genomics and transcriptomics research for developing high precision efforts for sustainable agriculture.
This research topic will accept original research papers, review, and opinion articles that cover the following topics,
1. Profiling of molecular mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions using genomics and
transcriptomics analysis
2. Population genomics to survey diverse plant genotypes and associated phenotypes
3. Integrative multi-omics approaches to develop a knowledgebase for a detailed understanding of plant-microbial interactions
4. Application of machine learning and artificial intelligence methods to develop predictive models for understanding plant pathogenesis
5. Development of novel computational tools, statistical methods, functional databases, and genetic information resources
6. Repurpose/Reanalyze existing omics data to solve new biological questions related to plant-microbe interactions