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Plant medicines are the original medicines that humans have always used. Many people continue to use plant medicines today including teas, coffee, chocolate, ginger, and other medicines. Traditional...

Plants interact with microbes in many different ways and on many different levels. The most obvious interaction results in plant disease, which can be a severe threat to the global food supply...

Explore the fascinating world of plant functional traits in our upcoming Reprint sourced from the Special Issue in Plants. Delve into the diverse aspects of plant morphology, their responses to...

The papers included in this special issue cover a broad range of aspects ranging from genetics and breeding to crop production in the field. Climate change, intensified agriculture, modifications of...

Plant physiology is influenced by a combination of internal and external factors that have led to remarkable diverse functions. Recent progress in understanding the proximate basis of plant...

This Special Issue reprint focuses on the exquisite and cognitive plant behaviors emerging from their complex relationship with a constantly changing environment, including the vast network of...

Interactions between animals and plants exist on a spectrum that ranges from completely antagonistic relationships to those of obligatory mutualism, as seen in the pollination of certain tropical...

Nature has represented and still represents a great pool of biologically active compounds and, at the same time, is a source of inspiration. In the first phase, the researchers turned their attention...

This Special Issue addresses recent advances in the research of plant-derived natural products, their mechanisms of action and how they can influence health and disease. Plant-derived natural...

Plant-Soil Interactions in Agricultural SystemsAuthor: Shahzad AliPublisher: Mdpi AGPublication Date: Jan 07, 2025Number of Pages: 210 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 3725829632ISBN-13:...

Plant-soil-microorganism interactions span a vast continuum, from beneficial to detrimental, and play a major role in natural and agricultural ecosystems. Beneficial or mutualistic plant-colonizing...

This Special Issue of Life, entitled "Plants as a Promising Biofactory for Bioactive Compounds," showcases the latest research that explores the utilization of plant biofactories for the production...

Climate change is expected to have a wide range of impacts on plant physiology and metabolism, soil fertility and carbon sequestration, and microbial diversity and activity. This imposes direct...

Plasma Applications in Biomedicine explores the innovative intersection of physics and life sciences, focusing on the use of cold atmospheric plasmas (CAPs) for disease treatment and tissue...

Plasma Science and Engineering is a multidisciplinary area encompassing some of the most exciting fundamental applied research themes in today's scientific landscape, having an extraordinarily broad...

The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a series of original research and review papers focused on Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) Coatings applied to aluminium, magnesium, titanium, steel...

The Special Issue "Plasma for Energy and Catalytic Nanomaterials" highlights the recent progress and advancements in the synthesis and applications of energy and catalytic nanomaterials by plasma...

With the recent advances in nanotechnology, plasma nanofabrication has become an exciting new niche because plasma-based approaches can deliver unique structures at the nanoscale that cannot be...

Polar microbiology is a promising field of research that can tell us much about the fundamental features of life. The microorganisms that inhabit Arctic and Antarctic environments are important not...

An increasing number of spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems have been equipped with polarimetric capabilities: ALOS and ALOS-2, Radarsat-2, TerraSAR-X, Envisat-ASAR, Sentinel-1a/b, etc...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) : State of the ArtAuthor: NAPublisher: MDPI AGPublication Date: May 23, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 3725811334ISBN-13:...

Symmetry is an intriguing phenomenon manifesting itself in art, nature, and the mind. This Special Issue book features 19 articles about discrete geometric and combinatorial polyhedral structures,...

The market is continuously looking for substitutes for expensive polymers or tailor made polymers for specific applications. Therefore, polymer blends are gaining more interest since they possess a...

Nowadays, in all industries, the aim is to obtain products with excellent properties with a small mass. Thus, polymer composites are increasingly used, but scientists and manufacturers face many...

This reprint, devoted to the topic of "Polymer Materials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering", gathers a multidisciplinary collection of articles that merge the knowledge and expertise of...

The second edition expands on these topics, providing a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements and innovations in the field. It includes detailed discussions on the synthesis methods,...

Classically, polymer micelles have been defined as aggregates formed by the self-association of amphiphilic polymers due to the hydrophobic interactions between polymer molecules in water. Practical...

In the last decades, nanoscience and nanotechnologies have offered new opportunities for producing materials with structural and functional properties. The possibility to manipulate the matter, on an...

Polymers range from synthetic plastics, such as polyacrylates, to natural biopolymers, such as proteins and DNA. The large molecular mass of polymers and our ability to manipulate their compositions...

The use of polymer thin films is currently implemented in almost every aspect of modern life due to their cost-efficiency, lightness, flexibility, and unique physical and chemical properties. The...