This special issue seeks to publish fundamental discoveries in plant photobiology and light signaling-based biotechnology. We welcome submissions of both research and review articles in the areas of photosynthesis, plant photoreceptors, light signaling, photomorphogenesis, circadian clock, crosstalk between light and other signaling pathways, and crop improvement based on light signaling.

Guest Editors: Prof. Haiyang Wang & Prof. Hongtao Liu

Submission Deadline: December 15, 2020

This special issue seeks submissions of research articles and review articles in both basic research of wheat and technological advancements in wheat breeding and research. We welcome research in areas of wheat genetic breeding, trait improvement by gene editing and molecular breeding, genetic resources, functional genomics, wheat diversity, wheat production systems-environment, wheat applications-functions, and other related areas.

Guest Editor: Prof. Xiangdong Fu

Submission Deadline:  December 2020

In this special issue, we invite submissions of original research and review articles in all areas of metabolic engineering for either primary or specialized metabolites. We encourage submission of fundamental research in plant metabolic engineering and of new strategies/technologies that facilitate effectively engineering metabolite production. Papers describing synthetic biology or pathway engineering using heterologous systems are also welcome.

Guest Editors: Prof. Li Li & Prof. Xiao-Ya Chen

Submission Deadline: March 5, 2021

This special issue seeks submissions of research articles and review articles in both basic research and technological advancements in soybean and other leguminous crops breeding. We welcome articles in areas of genetic engineering, trait improvement by gene editing, mutagenesis, and marker-assistant breeding, genetic resources and evolution, functional genomics, soybean production systems-environment, legume nodulation and nitrogen fixation, and other related areas.

Guest Editors: Prof. Xuelu Wang, Prof. Fanjiang Kong and Prof. Yufeng Guan

Submission Deadline: April 15, 2021