Mechanisms and Genetic/Phenotypic Diversity of Crops for Efficient Phosphorus Utilization

Dear Colleagues,

Phosphorus (P) is a limiting agricultural resource and attempts to improve its utilization have been hampered by the complexity, at multiple scales, of the processes involved (see pubmed: PMC6410211). This special issue aims to publish new research on the mechanisms of and hence improvements to P utilization in different crop species, including studies of their genotypic and phenotypic diversity. Given the extensive studies on plant P research, we invite manuscripts on different aspects of P dynamics, for example in the soil, uptake, utilization and transport in and between tissues. The work may involve molecular, genetic, phenotyping, computational, translational, breeding, interdisciplinary and other techniques. Integrative and systems approaches have been highly successful in representing and predicting the behaviour of complex plant systems (PMID: 25617696). Therefore, manuscripts on work that has included such approaches are also welcome. 

Dr. Ishan Ajmera
Prof. Dr. Charlie Hodgman
Guest Editors

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• Soil phosphorus dynamics
• phosphorus uptake
• phosphorus utilization
• crop diversity
• plant adaptation
• genetics
• phenomics
• molecular regulation
• breeding.