The Plant Biotechnology Journal
The aim of Plant Biotechnology Journal is to publish substantial, world-class primary research articles in applied plant science, involving applications of plant biotechnology and plant biology across all industrial sectors.
Publishing original research, Plant Biotechnology Journal reports on significant new contributions to the field, providing a forum for the best papers in applied plant science.
Published articles report novel and exciting findings in strategic research in plant biotechnology, combining curiosity-driven studies with the potential for application. Applications may involve agriculture, horticulture, food and food-processing, paper, pulp and timber, pharmaceuticals, medical, phytoremediation, marine applications, non-food uses of plants and industrial crops. With the rapid developments in genomic sequencin and analysis, and availability of new technologies to analyse functional genomics andproteomics, the combined powers of genetics, biochemistry and cell biology are leading to the very rapid production of new information. Plant Biotechnology Journal welcomes the results of these programmes when the outcome is likely to enhance the application of plant science to the above industries.
The journal will not publish 'improvements' to technologies such as improved transformation efficiencies of particular cultivars/species.Principal areas covered in Plant Biotechnology Journal include:
- Gene and genome analysis: analysis of genes and gene networks showing the potential for industrial application; gene expression studies; biotech plant breeding, e.g. marker assisted breeding.
- Transgenic technologies: Production and analysis of transgenic crops; gene insertion studies; gene silencing; factors affecting gene expression; post-translational analysis; molecular farming; field trial analysis; commercialisation of modified crops; safety and regulatory affairs
- Functional genomics: bioinformatics; gene function studies for applied uses
- Comparative genomics: applications to crop species; use of current crop databases
- Physiological studies: pathways relevant to an application; secondary metabolites; manipulations of physiology
- Developmental studies: developmental mechanisms leading to a further understanding of an industrial use of plants.
As of June 2009 The Plant Biotechnology Journal has an impact factor of 4.419
Link: http://www.plantbiotechjournal.com/
