Lipid Action in Crop Development and Defense
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 March 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lipid and plant hormone-responsive gene function
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As major components of plasma membrane and organelles, lipids also function as active molecules, likely contributing to signal transduction, the permeability and fluidity of membranes and as precursor substances for some important hormones. Lipids also perform the functions of signals and regulators in a variety of cellular processes, such as programmed cell death (PCD), cell-to-cell interactions, abscisic acid (ABA)-dependent stomatal closure, cell wall formation, pollen development, Golgi and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) integrity, drought and salt tolerance, low-temperature-induced signal transduction, cell division and growth, mineral ion homeostasis, plant–microbe interactions, cell type differentiation, organogenesis and cellular organization and adaptation. Based on this broad range of functions, we are launching a Special Issue of Agronomy on “Lipid Action in Crop Development and Defense”, which will focus on the following topics:
- Candidate gene responseto lipids and related plant hormones;
- Exploration of the relationship between lipidsand plant architecture;
- The genes, transcription factors and enzymes involved in lipid metabolism;
- Lipid involved in crop tolerance;
- Vesicular trafficking networks in crop–fungal pathogen interactions.
The overall aim of this Special Issue is to contribute to knowledge on genes regulated directly or indirectly by lipids or plant hormones. We welcome therefore studies concentrating on crop development and defense mechanisms.
Dr. Xingying Yan
Prof. Dr. Ming Luo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lipid
- sphingolipids
- plant hormone response
- stress response
- plant architecture
- signal transduction
- vesicle trafficking
- ER stress
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