Epigenetic Regulatory Aspects in Plant Growth and Development

Dear Colleagues,

Plant growth and development are constantly regulated by a balance of intrinsic information and extrinsic environmental influences that spatiotemporally regulate gene expression. In this network, epigenetic phenomena play a crucial role in controlling and fine-tuning both the timing and the patterns of gene expression. Epigenetic changes can rapidly establish a differential pattern of gene expression that can be stably maintained through cell divisions and be either inherited or reversible. Reversible epigenetic changes at the level of covalent modifications of histone tails (e.g. acetylation, methylation, and ubiquitylation), DNA methylation, and ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling can regulate diverse biological processes including flowering time control, seed development, cell fate maintenance, and plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress factors. Thus, epigenetic regulation is a fascinating field of study that has the potential to revolutionize the way we approach plant growth and development, plant breeding, and crop yield improvement. This Special Issue aims to cover state-of-the-art research and present new developments on all aspects that regulate plant growth and development, as well as plant responses to environmental stress stimuli at the epigenetic level. We invite authors and experts in this field to submit original research and review articles, contributing to a collection of high-quality articles that would benefit the entire scientific community.

Dr. Kosmas Haralampidis
Dr. Ioannis-Dimosthenis Adamakis
Guest Editors

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• epigenetics
• DNA methylation
• DNA acetylation
• DNA ubiquitylation
• histone modifications
• chromatin remodeling
• gene regulation
• plant development
• plant stress
• plant breeding