Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Plant Stimulation by Microalgae and Cyanobacteria
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 (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 3480
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biotic stress; drought; molecular mechanisms; oxidative stress; salinity
Interests: Selection and cultivation of microalgae and cyanobacteria as aquaculture feeds, biofertilizers, food ingredients and nutraceuticals, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals; photobioreactor development and optimization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Worldwide agriculture is facing new and concurrent challenges to boost productivity with the aim of feeding an increasing global population, and, at the same time, reducing the environmental impact, maintaining low production costs to sustain competition in a globalized economy. To this end, modern agriculture needs to introduce new tools to produce food in a sustainable way. In this context, biostimulant activity from microalgae and cyanobacteria could enhance crop performance, increase resistance to biotic and abiotic stress, improve defense to pathogens and reduce the risk of chemical-based fertilizer for human health as well as the environment.
This Special Issue aims to fill the gap regarding the molecular and physiological mechanisms of action involved in the biostimulant properties of MACB in all phases of plant development and/or when challenged by abiotic and biotic stress. Papers using transcriptomic, proteomics, and metabolomics analysis are welcome.
Dr. Bianca Elena Maserti
Dr. Graziella Chini Zittelli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biostimulants
- cyanobacteria
- microalgae
- abiotic stress
- biotic stress
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