Regulation of Mineral Nutrients Homeostasis and Their Crosstalk in Plants
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: closed (15 December 2018) | Viewed by 116141
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant molecular physiology; plant mineral nutrition: sensing, signaling, and transport
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Interests: gel-free/label-free proteomics; plant physiology; crop; abiotic stress
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Dear Colleagues,
Mineral nutrient homeostasis is essential for plant growth and development. Recent research has demonstrated that nutrient homeostasis interaction in plants is a general rule rather than an exception. Answering the question of how plants regulate the homeostasis of these elements and how multiple mineral nutrient signals are wired to influence plant growth is a new frontier in plant nutrition. This Special Issue is focused on introducing the latest interesting findings on the regulation of mineral nutrients homeostasis and their crosstalk in various plant species. The topics of this Special Issue will include, but are not limited to:
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Roles of nutrient sensing, signalling, and transport in regulating plant growth and development.
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How environmental stresses modify ions signalling pathways, ions transporters expression, mineral nutrients transport and accumulation in plants.
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How mineral nutrients homeostasis interact with each other to influence plant growth and development.
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How use big data and systems biology approaches help to uncover the molecular basis and gene regulatory networks that govern the coordination of mineral nutrient homeostasis and plant growth.
We welcome research and review articles that will augment our understanding in this captivating field of mineral nutrient homeostasis research, which is required for devising future strategies to enhance mineral nutrition in plants and meet the challenges facing agriculture in the 21st century.
Dr. Hatem Rouached
Prof. Dr. Setsuko Komatsu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Macronutrients
- Micronutrients
- Heavy metals
- Ions transport and accumulation
- Nutrient deficiency/excess/toxicity
- Drought/flooding
- Signaling crosstalk
- Roots/ shoots growth and development
- Tolerance/stress adaptation
- Omics/big data
- Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
- Gene expression
- System Biology
- Protein regulation
- Stress adaptation
- Plant physiology
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