《植物科學前沿》是該領域的領先期刊，出版嚴格的同行評審研究，促進我們對植物模型、作物和生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的理解，并將研究轉化為新的技術進步。墨爾本大學外刊總編輯Joshua L. Heazlewood得到了一個杰出的國際研究人員編輯委員會的支持。這是一本多學科開放獲取的期刊，在向全世界的研究人員、學者、決策者和公眾傳播和傳播科學知識和有影響力的發(fā)現(xiàn)方面處于前沿。在這個瞬息萬變的世界里，植物科學對于保障人類未來的福祉至關重要。植物提供氧氣、食物、飼料、纖維和建筑材料，是工業(yè)和制藥化學品的多種來源。此外，它們對生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的健康至關重要，管理和維持可持續(xù)的生物圈需要它們的全面了解。植物科學是交叉學科，從農(nóng)業(yè)科學到古植物學，從分子生理學到生態(tài)學。它利用計算機科學、光學、分子生物學和基因組學的最新發(fā)展來解決模型系統(tǒng)、農(nóng)業(yè)作物和生態(tài)系統(tǒng)中的挑戰(zhàn);探索高等植物和低等植物的形態(tài)、功能、發(fā)育、多樣性、繁殖、進化和用途，以及它們與生物圈中其他生物的相互作用。植物科學前沿歡迎來自各個領域的杰出貢獻——從單一植物到種群和整個生態(tài)系統(tǒng)分析;從分子，到生物物理，再到計算方法;從基礎研究到應用研究;從分子到生物尺度的研究。

Frontiers in Plant Science is a leading journal in its field, publishing rigorously peer-reviewed research that advances our understanding of plant models, crops and ecosystems, and translates research into new technological advances. Field Chief Editor Joshua L. Heazlewood at the University of Melbourne is supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international researchers. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, policy makers and the public worldwide.In an ever-changing world, plant science is of the utmost importance for securing humankind's future well-being. Plants provide oxygen, food, feed, fibers, and building materials, and are a diverse source of industrial and pharmaceutical chemicals. In addition, they are centrally important to the health of ecosystems, and the management and maintenance of a sustainable biosphere necessitates their thorough understanding. Plant science is extremely interdisciplinary, reaching from agricultural science to paleobotany and molecular physiology to ecology. It uses the latest developments in computer science, optics, molecular biology, and genomics to address challenges in model systems, agricultural crops, and ecosystems; and explores the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of both higher and lower plants, as well as their interactions with other organisms throughout the biosphere. Frontiers in Plant Science welcomes outstanding contributions from across the field — from single-plant to population and whole-ecosystem analyses; from molecular, to biophysical, to computational approaches; from basic to applied research; from molecular to organism-scale studies.