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Plant-Water Relations in Responses to Environmental Stresses

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 2266

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Spanish-Portuguese Institute of Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Interests: plant water relations; mycorrhizal associations; aquaporins; hormonal signaling; soil abiotic stress
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Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Bldg., Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
Interests: tree physiology; mycorrhizal ecology; ecological restoration
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Dear Colleagues,

The ability of plants to maintain a fine water balance when facing different environmental stresses is critical to ensuring their survival, growth, and productivity. Maintenance of the water soil–plant–atmosphere continuum involves well-orchestrated multi-level plant responses ranging from molecules to a whole plant. Stomatal regulation of water transport and the regulation of tissue hydraulic conductivity by aquaporins have been widely studied as the key factors involved in maintaining plant water balance under stress. However, many aspects of water relations in plants exposed to environmental stresses remain poorly understood. This Special Issue aims at covering different aspects of water transport in plants under stress, such as the control of transpiration, root water uptake and xylem transport, regulation of cell turgor, aquaporin function, root architecture, regulation of hormonal pathways, and stress signaling molecules.

Dr. Monica Calvo Polanco
Prof. Dr. Janusz Zwiazek
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Keywords

  • plant stress resistance
  • root water uptake
  • aquaporins
  • endodermal barriers
  • root architecture
  • hormonal regulation
  • transpiration regulation
  • photosynthesis
  • cell turgor
  • signaling molecules

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Nanoencapsulated Boron Foliar Supply Increased Expression of NIPs Aquaporins and BOR Transporters of In Vitro Ipomoea batatas Plants
by Juan Nicolas-Espinosa, Pablo Garcia-Gomez, Juan J. Rios, Abel Piqueras, Gloria Bárzana and Micaela Carvajal
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(4), 1788; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12041788 - 9 Feb 2022
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Nanoencapsulation with proteoliposomes from natural membranes has been proposed as a carrier for the highly efficient delivery of mineral nutrients into plant tissues. Since Boron deficiency occurred frequently in crops, and is an element with low movement in tissues, in this work, nanoencapsulated [...] Read more.
Nanoencapsulation with proteoliposomes from natural membranes has been proposed as a carrier for the highly efficient delivery of mineral nutrients into plant tissues. Since Boron deficiency occurred frequently in crops, and is an element with low movement in tissues, in this work, nanoencapsulated B vs free B was applied to in vitro sweet potato plants to investigate the regulation of B transporters (aquaporins and specific transporters). Additionally, an metabolomic analysis was performed, and mineral nutrient and pigment concentrations were determined. The results showed high increases in B concentration in leaves when B was applied as encapsulated, but also Fe and Mn concentration increased. Likewise, the metabolomics study showed that single carbohydrates of these plants could be related to the energy need for increasing the expression of most NIP aquaporins (NIP1;2, NIP1;3; NIP4;1, NIP4;2, NIP5;1, NIP6;1, and NIP7) and boron transporters (BOR2, BOR4 and BOR7;1). Therefore, the results were associated with the higher mobility of encapsulated B into leaves and the stimulation of transport into cells, since after applying encapsulated B, the aforementioned NIPs and BORs increased in expression. Full article
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