Molecular Mechanisms on the Synthesis, Metabolism, Transport, and Accumulation of Assimilates in Crops
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 227
Special Issue Editors
Interests: crop production; primary metabolism; metabolite transport
Interests: plant cell and molecular biology; plant developmental and reproductive biology; plant physiology
Interests: environmental science/agriculture science: science in plant genetics and breeding; environmental science/agriculture science: crop production science; life science; plant molecular biology and physiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In plants, the assimilation of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), sulfur (S), and phosphorus (P) is the primary process to provide resources for growth. From the viewpoint of agronomy, assimilates in crops, such as sugars, amino acids, and other N-, S-, and P-containing metabolites, provide resources for human diet, livestock feed, and industrial raw materials. Research on plant metabolisms could contribute to the breeding and cultivation of crop species, by aiming to the improvement of yield and quality. For seeking the target for genetic modification to improve the productivity and contents in a certain crop species, understanding molecular mechanisms on the absorption, assimilation, utilization, distribution, and accumulation of C/N/S/P in different organs, is necessary.
In this context, for this Special Issue, we invite original and review articles on molecular physiology in field and horticultural crops, focusing on papers that seek to assimilate synthesis, metabolism, transport, and accumulation. We also welcome papers on the regulatory mechanisms underlying source-sink interactions, long-distance signaling, and/or environmental responses in metabolic pathways for assimilates.
Dr. Naohiro Aoki
Prof. Yong-Ling Ruan
Prof. Tatsuro Hirose
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon/nitrogen/sulfur/phosphorus metabolism
- sugars
- sugar phosphates
- amino acids
- intra- and inter-cellular transport
- phloem loading and unloading
- assimilate partitioning, accumulation, and storage
- crop yield and quality
- genetic modification
- source/sink interaction
- signaling
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