Ion Dynamics in Plants: Sensing, Signaling, and Transport
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 266
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant transporters; signalling; plant nutrition; biosensor; imaging
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ion transporters are essential for ion uptake and distribution in whole plants. Many transporters have been characterized during the last decade in terms of function and contribution to plant mineral nutrition and re-allocation in different plant tissues. The molecular mechanisms by which transporters are regulated are central to understanding the ion distribution and transport between cells and organs. Some non-essential elements, due to the similarity of their physical–chemical properties to nutrients, can hijack the uptake or transport of essential elements, interfere with their sensing and cause secondary deficiency symptoms. Many aspects of the uptake, transport, sensing and signalling of ions are still unknown: how they are interconnected, and are they evolutionary conserved? Does tolerance towards overaccumulation of micronutrients or non-essential elements in excluders, tolerant or hyperaccumulators involve mechanisms to acquire or regulate the transport of elements? Does the combination of changing availability of multiple elements evoke different responses from single ion availability? Are microorganisms able to regulate plant transporters? Can we improve ion acquisition, mobility in plants by symbiosis or arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi or other biotechnological approaches? In this Special Issue, we look for advances answering these and many such related questions.
Dr. Tou-Cheu Xiong
Dr. Alexandra Lešková
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- transporters
- ion
- nutrient
- toxic element
- uptake
- transport
- sensing
- signalling
- stress
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