Advances in Auxin Research Ⅱ
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2022) | Viewed by 9577
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant development; seed development; auxin production; abiotic stress
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Phytohormones are endogenous molecules occurring naturally in plants at minute concentrations. They act as signalling compounds that promote and influence plant development and physiology. Auxin has been identified as a plant growth hormone for its ability to stimulate differential growth in response to gravity or light cues. It is involved in a wide variety of biological mechanisms. It includes basic cellular processes (endocytosis, cell polarity, and cell cycle control) for localized responses (cell elongation and differential growth). Therefore, auxin regulates macroscopic phenomena (embryogenesis, tissue patterning, and de novo formation of organs).
The effect of auxin on plant growth and development depends primarily on its amount and distribution in organs and tissues. This regulation is implemented on at least four functional levels: hormone biosynthesis; its metabolism, especially the formation and hydrolysis of conjugates; its active or passive transport; and the perception and processing of auxin signalling by nuclear protein receptors.
The cellular and tissular sensitivities to the auxin signals, as well as the extraordinary self-organizing and self-regulating properties of auxin biology, are further translated to the plant phenotypes and give important impulses for flexible plant development.
Even though the history of auxin research reaches back more than a hundred years, we are still far from having a comprehensive understanding of how auxin governs a wide range of plant responses. Therefore, with this Special Issue we want to give you the opportunity to contribute research articles or reviews concerning any of the auxin-related aspects mentioned above.
Dr. Helene Robert Boisivon
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Plants is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- auxin metabolism
- auxin signalling
- polar auxin transport
- auxin biosynthesis
Related Special Issue
- Advances in Auxin Research in Plants (9 articles)
