Rare Earth Elements in Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 1120
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant physiology; agronomic biofortification; fertilizers
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Dear Colleagues,
Rare earth elements (REEs) are identified as a group of 17 elements with similar physicochemical characteristics, as follows: scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), and lutecium (Lu).
Since the 1980s, REE fertilizers have been commonly applied in agriculture to increase seed germination, root growth, chlorophyll content, plant resistance, and agricultural productivity. There are several findings reporting the positive effects of REEs on plant growth, mainly in crop yields. However, many questions about the biological mechanisms of these elements remain unanswered.
For this reason, this Special Issue invites scientists to submit original research and review manuscripts focused on deciphering the mechanisms of action of these elements in plants at the metabolic, structural, and cytogenetic levels. Papers that present the beneficial effects of REEs as biostimulants in plant metabolism, plant growth, plant nutrients, or tolerance against pest and plant diseases also are desirable.
In addition to this, this Special Issue also invites studies on REEs in soil–plant systems that focus on their effects in plants and in the environment, including ecological risk studies. Thus, considering the high interest in REEs in plants, this Special Issue will cover a wide variety of areas, aiming to contribute to the overall knowledge of the effects and mechanisms of REEs in plants from several aspects.
Dr. Cynthia De Oliveira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biostimulants
- beneficial elements
- soil–plant system
- plant nutrition crop yield
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