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Nutrients in Plants: Friend or Foe?

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 2236

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Prof. Dr. Qichang Yang

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Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IUA-CAAS), Chengdu, China
Interests: vertical farming; plant factory; LED lighting; greenhouse horticulture; energy use efficiency; environmental control
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Dear Colleagues,

There are 17 mineral elements that are considered plant nutrients. Several mineral elements can also contribute to plant growth and development, such as sodium (Na), silicon (Si), and selenium (Se). As the composition and content of mineral elements in the soil are disparate in various regions, plants have evolved with different adaptions to mineral elements. Therefore, the concentration of each nutrient should be controlled in a suitable range to ensure optimal plant growth and development.

Being led by Prof. Dr. Qichang Yang, and assisted by our Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Jiangtao Hu (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences), this Special Issue aims to put forward a discussion, entitled “Nutrients in Plants: Friend or Foe?”. Authors are encouraged to submit their original research papers or critical reviews focusing on the related topics. For example, (1) the optimal concentration of plant nutrients and the effect of excessive supplementation; (2) the mechanisms of plant hypertolerance towards Na, Si, Se, etc.; and (3) the advantages and disadvantages of new-type fertilizers and the underlying mechanisms.

Prof. Dr. Qichang Yang
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Keywords

  • plant nutrient
  • essential elements
  • beneficial elements
  • plant growth
  • plant development
  • cellu-lar mechanism
  • molecular mechanism
  • hyperaccumulation
  • hypertolerance
  • new-type fertilizer

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Metabolite Profiling of Hydroponic Lettuce Roots Affected by Nutrient Solution Flow: Insights from Comprehensive Analysis Using Widely Targeted Metabolomics and MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging Approaches
by Bateer Baiyin, Yue Xiang, Yang Shao, Jung Eek Son, Kotaro Tagawa, Satoshi Yamada, Mina Yamada and Qichang Yang
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25(18), 10155; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms251810155 - 21 Sep 2024
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Root morphology, an important determinant of nutrient absorption and plant growth, can adapt to various growth environments to promote survival. Solution flow under hydroponic conditions provides a mechanical stimulus, triggering adaptive biological responses, including altered root morphology and enhanced root growth and surface [...] Read more.
Root morphology, an important determinant of nutrient absorption and plant growth, can adapt to various growth environments to promote survival. Solution flow under hydroponic conditions provides a mechanical stimulus, triggering adaptive biological responses, including altered root morphology and enhanced root growth and surface area to facilitate nutrient absorption. To clarify these mechanisms, we applied untargeted metabolomics technology, detecting 1737 substances in lettuce root samples under different flow rates, including 17 common differential metabolites. The abscisic acid metabolic pathway product dihydrophaseic acid and the amino and nucleotide sugar metabolism factor N-acetyl-d-mannosamine suggest that nutrient solution flow rate affects root organic acid and sugar metabolism to regulate root growth. Spatial metabolomics analysis of the most stressed root bases revealed significantly enriched Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathways: “biosynthesis of cofactors” and “amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism”. Colocalization analysis of pathway metabolites revealed a flow-dependent spatial distribution, with higher flavin mononucleotide, adenosine-5′-diphosphate, hydrogenobyrinic acid, and D-glucosamine 6-phosphate under flow conditions, the latter two showing downstream-side enrichment. In contrast, phosphoenolpyruvate, 1-phospho-alpha-D-galacturonic acid, 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid, and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine were more abundant under no-flow conditions, with the latter two concentrated on the upstream side. As metabolite distribution is associated with function, observing their spatial distribution in the basal roots will provide a more comprehensive understanding of how metabolites influence plant morphology and response to environmental changes than what is currently available in the literature. Full article
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