Plant tissue culture techniques and biotechnological approaches have become an integral part of advances in plant science research. In the past few decades, many studies have been conducted towards employing in vitro system to mass produce uniform disease-free plants in a short period as well as biotechnological tools to better understand the mechanisms involved. These approaches have now served as a fundamental tool for studies and applications in plant propagation, plant breeding and genetic improvement.

Therefore, the aim of this special issue is to address important biological problems associated with plant growth, development, yield as well as biotic and abiotic stresses. We welcome original research papers and review articles in all areas of plant biotechnology.

Eco-friendly pest, disease & nematode management is todays concern. Specifically, use of endophytes for nutrition, for plant health is gaining momentum at this movement. Diversity, its entry, mechanisms & fomulation, identification needs to be discussed.

Medicinal plants have been found to play a significant role in the treatment of both humans and animal diseases throughout the world since ancient time. In fact plants remain the main source of medicines particularly in the developing countries, despite the advent of the large number of pharmaceutical industries. This is due to the high cost of synthetic drugs as well as their unwanted side effects, toxicity and inefficiency which have necessitate the scientist to explore less expensive and less toxic forms of drugs among which plants gained popularity. As most people in the developing countries in Africa, Asia and South America still use traditional medicine for treatment of various diseases, so bioactivity studies from new plants source are also being discovered. However there is a lot of research needed to verify the activity and toxicity of some of the plants through new approaches on the basis of scientific evidence. This special issue is to bring the recent works and current trends in the field of plants sciences from different parts of the world. Although there are several special issue are available on medicinal plants and phytochemicals, this special issue is to bring forward the current research in the area of the use of plants and their constituents (compounds) in the treatment of various ailments fir both human and animals.

Plant biology research is now at the vanguard of research in the biological sciences, with breakthroughs in our understanding of basic processes in plants matching those in other organisms. The impact of physiology, molecular genetics and the availability of model and crop species can be seen in all aspects of plant biology. For the special issue in International Journal of Plant Research, the research must provide a highly significant new contribution to our understanding of plants and be of general interest to the plant science community. All areas of plant biology are welcome and the experimental approaches used can be wide-ranging. We welcome submissions of original research papers and review articles addressing recent advancements as well as strengths and shortcomings of various approaches and diverse applications of plant biology to get new insights of plant molecular responses to various growths, developments, biotic and abiotic challenges.