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

Papers on all kinds of infective pathogen, including viruses, prokaryotes, fungi, and nematodes, as well as mutualistic organisms such as Rhizobium and mycorrhyzal fungi, are acceptable as long as they have a bearing on the interaction between pathogen and plant.

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 control
• Induction of plant immunity and biotechnology of resistance
• Pathogen molecular diagnostic.

Invited Reviews (IR)
Original Papers (OP)
Short Communications (SC)

Editor-in-Chief
Brad Day
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Senior Editors
Kazuya Akimitsu
Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine Department of Immunology, Kagawa, Japan
Diana Fernandez
Institute of Development Research, France
Linda Hanson
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Kannan RR Rengasamy
Konkuk University Department of Bioresources and Food Science, Gwangjin-gu, Korea, Republic of
Editorial Advisory Board
Alongkorn Amnuaykanjanasin
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Bangkok, Thailand
Cris Argueso
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Pedro Balatti
National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Kathirvelu Baskar
Ross Lifescience Pvt Ltd, Pune, India
Anil Bhatia
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
Li-Na Ding
Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
Leslie Domier
USDA-ARS Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit, Urbana, Illinois, United States
Ian Dubery
University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa
Zhengqing Fu
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Dennis Halterman
USDA-ARS US Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Ray Hammerschmidt
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Zuhua He
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Monica Höfte
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
Lili Huang
Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University College of Plant Protection, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
Raj Kumar Joshi
Rama Devi Women's University, Department of Biotechnology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Isabelle Kagan
US Department of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Lóránt Király
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Kappei Kobayashi
Ehime University Graduate School of Agriculture Faculty of Agriculture, Matsuyama, Japan
Clint Magill
Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, Texas, United States
Akira Masunaka
National Agriculture and Food Research Organisation Western Region Agricultural Research Center, Hiroshima, Japan
You-Liang Peng
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Parissa Taheri
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Hongyin Zhang
Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
Zhengguang Zhang
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China