Long Distance Signaling in Plants, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2025) | Viewed by 1108
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mineral nutrition; long-distance signaling; yield improvement; biotechnology
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Interests: yield improvement; long-distance signaling; mineral deficiency; phloem biology
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Interests: maize yield improvement; phloem signaling; nitrogen
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Higher plants have evolved a communication system that enables the coordination of developmental cues and environmental inputs. The long-distance transport of information molecules in the vascular tissues could play an important role in regulating plant growth and enabling plants to cope with adverse environments. Various molecules, including hormones, proteins, small peptides, small RNAs and mRNAs, have been detected in the vascular system and were proven to have systemic signaling functions. Traditional physiological methods and modern systemic biology approaches have been used to identify these long-distance mobile molecules. Studies involved in the identification of these molecules, as well as the in-depth functional characterization of these molecules and the associated genes are welcome for submission to this Special Issue.
Dr. Cankui Zhang
Dr. Jing Huang
Dr. Chao Xia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- long-distance signaling
- systemic signaling
- plant vasculature
- stress
- plant development
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