The Journal ‘Plant-Arthropod-Microbe Interactions’ covers the multidirectional three-way interactions between plants, microbes and arthropods (PMA) from the molecular to the community level. It publishes contributions that enhance our understanding of the impacts of PMA interactions on the physiology, ecology and evolution of the species involved and the consequences for their associated communities and ecosystems, as well as the mechanisms underlying these interactions, and their potential for utilisation in sustainable agriculture and horticulture.
The journal covers impacts of plant-associated microbes including phytopathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi, oomycetes, nematodes) and phytosymbionts (e.g. mycorrhizae, rhizobia, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and fungi, endophytes) on plant-associated arthropods such as pollinators and herbivorous or disease-vectoring arthropods and their natural enemies, and vice versa. Likewise, it covers the impacts of arthropod-associated microbes including entomopathogens, baculoviruses and nutritional or defensive endosymbionts on plant-arthropod and plant-microbe interactions, and vice versa.
The scope of the journal encompasses both studies focusing on individual species and studies addressing impacts of/on whole communities, including plant, rhizosphere or arthropod microbiomes. Innovative contributions that address the multitude of PMA interactions in natural or food-production systems, the impact of abiotic environmental factors modulating these interactions, their underlying molecular and ecological mechanisms, and their ecological and evolutionary consequences are welcomed.
Editor in Chief
Dr. Arjen Biere, Dept. Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, NIOO-KNAW, The Netherlands
Associate Editors
Dr. Alison E. Bennett, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, USA.
Dr. Enric Frago, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, CIRAD/UMR CBGP, France.
Dr. Paolina Garbeva, Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), The Netherlands.
Dr. David Giron, Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte (IRBI), CNRS, Université Francois-Rabelais, France.
Dr. Ainhoa Martinez-Medina, Plant-Microorganism Interaction, Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC), Spain.
Online submission: Articles for publication in
Journal of Plant-Arthropod-Microbe Interactions can be submitted online through Editorial Manager. To submit an article,
click here.
For more details on online submission, please visit our
EM Support page.
Download Author Instructions (PDF)
If any questions, please contact the Editorial office at pami@brill.com.
Prior to submission, authors who believe their manuscripts would benefit from professional editing are encouraged to use a
language-editing service.
Online submission: Articles for publication in
Journal of Plant-Arthropod-Microbe Interactions can be submitted online through Editorial Manager. To submit an article,
click here.
For more details on online submission, please visit our
EM Support page.
Download Author Instructions (PDF)
If any questions, please contact the Editorial office at pami@brill.com.
Prior to submission, authors who believe their manuscripts would benefit from professional editing are encouraged to use a
language-editing service.
Editor in Chief
Dr. Arjen Biere, Dept. Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, NIOO-KNAW, The Netherlands
Associate Editors
Dr. Alison E. Bennett, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, USA.
Dr. Enric Frago, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, CIRAD/UMR CBGP, France.
Dr. Paolina Garbeva, Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), The Netherlands.
Dr. David Giron, Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte (IRBI), CNRS, Université Francois-Rabelais, France.
Dr. Ainhoa Martinez-Medina, Plant-Microorganism Interaction, Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC), Spain.
The Journal ‘Plant-Arthropod-Microbe Interactions’ covers the multidirectional three-way interactions between plants, microbes and arthropods (PMA) from the molecular to the community level. It publishes contributions that enhance our understanding of the impacts of PMA interactions on the physiology, ecology and evolution of the species involved and the consequences for their associated communities and ecosystems, as well as the mechanisms underlying these interactions, and their potential for utilisation in sustainable agriculture and horticulture.
The journal covers impacts of plant-associated microbes including phytopathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi, oomycetes, nematodes) and phytosymbionts (e.g. mycorrhizae, rhizobia, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and fungi, endophytes) on plant-associated arthropods such as pollinators and herbivorous or disease-vectoring arthropods and their natural enemies, and vice versa. Likewise, it covers the impacts of arthropod-associated microbes including entomopathogens, baculoviruses and nutritional or defensive endosymbionts on plant-arthropod and plant-microbe interactions, and vice versa.
The scope of the journal encompasses both studies focusing on individual species and studies addressing impacts of/on whole communities, including plant, rhizosphere or arthropod microbiomes. Innovative contributions that address the multitude of PMA interactions in natural or food-production systems, the impact of abiotic environmental factors modulating these interactions, their underlying molecular and ecological mechanisms, and their ecological and evolutionary consequences are welcomed.