Plant Biotechnology Journal is published monthly by Wiley-Blackwell in association with the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) and the Association of Applied Biology (AAB).
Plant Biotechnology Journal aims to publish high-impact original research and incisive reviews by leading researchers in applied plant science, with an emphasis on molecular plant sciences and their applications through plant biotechnology. We aim to provide a forum for the most important advances in this field, including curiosity-driven studies with the potential for application, strategic research in plant biotechnology, scientific analysis of key issues for the beneficial application of plant sciences and scientific analysis of the performance of the products of plant biotechnology in practice.
Plant Biotechnology Journal often receives manuscripts describing research carried out solely in model species. While the Plant Biotechnology Journal will continue to accept exceptional manuscripts describing novel and useful procedures carried out in model species, one of the strengths of the Plant Biotechnology Journal is its ability to focus on application. Therefore, from January 2011 the Plant Biotechnology Journal will immediately reject manuscripts containing high quality, but not exceptional, research relating solely to model species.
To be accepted for publication in Plant Biotechnology Journal, original research papers will need to present major new findings with conclusions thoroughly supported by critical experimental evidence and make a substantial contribution to plant biotechnology and/or scientific understanding. Reviews must accordingly provide a high level of insight and synthesis beyond a summary of published work. Sciences underpinning plant biotechnology include functional genomics and proteomics, molecular genetics, physiology, biochemistry and cell biology, with applications through molecular marker, mutant and transgenic approaches. Applications may involve agriculture, horticulture, forestry, biodiversity and conservation, enhanced yield, reduced environmental impact, phytoremediation, environmental sensors, improved foods and food-processing, biofuels and biomaterials including pharmaceuticals from terrestrial, aquatic or marine plant systems including industrial crops and natural systems. Examples of areas covered in Plant Biotechnology Journal include:
Gene, genome, proteome and metabolome analysis: molecular screening technologies; analysis of gene function from nucleotide sequence to phenotype; understanding of gene networks; applications ranging from metabolic engineering to marker assisted breeding.
Functional genomics, comparative genomics, bioinformatics and their applications in understanding and beneficial use of biodiversity, conservation, introgression, and rational design of improved genes for industrial plant improvement.
Transgenic technologies: production and analysis of transgenic crops; molecular farming; gene insertion, expression and silencing; field-testing and commercialisation of modified plants for agricultural, health, industrial and environmental benefits, improved foods, biofuels and biomaterials; safety and regulatory affairs.
Developmental, physiological and biochemical studies relevant to enhanced understanding of plant function, with potential for improvement of plant characteristics important to humans including the adaptation of plants to new environments.
Plant Biotechnology Journal seeks to achieve a balance between a speedy review process and providing authors with rigorous, objective and critical reviews. Submissions are initially reviewed by editors to select only those considered most promising for critical review by at least two independent experts. We promise speedy responses to authors, rigorous scientific review and rapid publication.
In addition to the usual black and white or colour photographs to present data, Plant Biotechnology Journal provides the opportunity to publish supplementary material via its website, such as large data sets, extra colour illustrations, bibliographies, videos, or any other material for which insufficient space in the journal is available. Please contact the Editor-in-Chief for details.

Editorial Office:
Plant Biotechnology Journal Editorial Office
Wiley
9600 Garsington Road
Oxford OX4 2DQ
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1865 476 206
plant-biotechj@wiley.com
 
Editor-in-Chief:
Henry Daniell
Chauncey Egel Endowed Professor
School of Dental Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
240 South 40th Street
Levy Building
Room 547
Philadelphia
PA 19104-6030
USA
hdaniell@upenn.edu
 
Senior Editor:
Dominique Michaud
Department of Plant Sciences
Plant Research & Innovation Centre
Université Laval
Québec QC, Canada
dominique.michaud@fsaa.ulaval.ca 
 
Associate Editors:
François Belzile, Department of Plant Sciences, Institute for Integrative and Systems Biology, Laval University, Québec, Canada 
Francois.Belzile@fsaa.ulaval.ca
Malcolm Campbell, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
mcampbell@uoguelph.ca
Xiao-Ya Chen, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
xychen@sibs.ac.cn
Dave Edwards, School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
Dave.Edwards@uwa.edu.au
Caixia Gao, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
cxgao@genetics.ac.cn
Zuhua He, National Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
zhhe@sibs.ac.cn
Shuangxia Jin, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
jsx@mail.hzau.edu.cn
Jihong Liu-Clarke, NIBIO, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway
jihong.liu-clarke@nibio.no
Marco Maccaferri, Department of Agricultural Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
marco.maccaferri@unibo.it
Dominique Michaud, Department of Plant Sciences, Université Laval, Canada
dominique.michaud@fsaa.ulaval.ca
Johnathan Napier, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
johnathan.napier@rothamsted.ac.uk
Martin A.J. Parry, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK
m.parry@lancaster.ac.uk
Nicola J. Patron, The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UK
nicola.patron@tgac.ac.uk
Stephen J Streatfield, Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology, Newark, DE 19348, USA
sstreatfield@fraunhofer-cmb.org
Neal Stewart, Department of Plant Sciences, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN USA
nealstewart@utk.edu
Rajeev Varshney, Center of Excellence in Genomics (CEG), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
R.K.Varshney@CGIAR.org
Kan Wang, Plant Transformation Facility, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
kanwang@iastate.edu
 
Editorial Board:
Kailash Bansal, National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
Jacqueline Batley, School of Agriculture & Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
Ralph Bock, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
Udo Conrad, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Germany
Luis Herrera Estrella, Langebio, Cinvestav Campus, Mexico
Hui-Shan Guo, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Tuan-Hua Ho, Academia Sinica Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Taipei 115, Taiwan
Elizabeth Hood, College of Agriculture and Technology, Arkansas State University, Arkansas, USA
Dirk Inzé, Department of Plant Genetics, VIB/Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Jizeng Jia, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Theodore Klein, DuPont Pioneer Agricultural Biotechnology, USA
Sandeep Kumar, Dow AgroSciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, USA
Prakash Lakshmanan, Sugar Research Australia, Brisbane, Australia
Phil Larkin, Metabolic Engineering of New Plant Products, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia
Xin Liu, BGI Research, Yantian District, Shenzhen 518083, China
Hugh Mason, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, USA
Magdy Mahfouz, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Sagadevan Mundree, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Xiaoquan Qi, Insitute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Elibio Rech, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazil
Ed Rybicki, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Maria Fátima Grossi de Sá, Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, PqEB-Final W5 Norte - CP 02372, Brasilia-DF-Brasil
Ming-Che Shih, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center Academia Sinica Nankang, Taiwan
Vibha Srivastava, University of Arkansas, Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Fayetteville, USA
Herta Steinkellner, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Agricultural Sciences, 1190 Vienna, Austria
Eva Stoger, Institute of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology (IAGZ), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
Fumio Takaiwa, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan
Weihua Tang, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese academy of Science, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, China
Roberto Tuberosa, Department of Agroenvironmental Science and Technology, Bologna, Italy
Zeng-Yu Wang, The Noble Foundation, Ardmore, USA
Spencer Witney, Australian National Laboratory, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Xianlong Zhang, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, China