Carotenoid in Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 489
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In nature, carotenoids are the most important isoprenoids responsible for yellow, orange and red colors. In plants, they are synthesized in plastids of photosynthetic and sink organs, and are precursors of the synthesis of phytohormones like abscisic acid (ABA) a hormone involved in abiotic stress tolerance. Carotenoids also have a significant role in photosynthesis and in photoprotection given by their antioxidant properties. In human health, carotenoids act as antioxidant-promoting metabolites and vitamin A precursors. Molecular and biochemical approaches in different plant models have make significant advances in revealing the mechanism of regulation of carotenoid synthesis and degradation. Moreover, their involvement in abiotic stress given by the increment in ABA and due their antioxidant properties have also been discovered. However, the role of ABA in biotic stress resistance has been controversial depending on the nature of the pathogen that infects the plant, but carotenoids association has not yet been connected.
This Special Issue collection will focus especially on the role of carotenoids in abiotic and biotic stress response.
All types of paper are welcome: research articles, reviews, short notes, and opinion articles in both model and non-model plant species, specifically in the following areas:
- Carotenoid synthesis regulation by environmental factors/stresses
- Abiotic stress response given by carotenoids and ABA
- Biotic stress response given by carotenoids and ABA
- Plant development and carotenoids under abiotic and biotic stress
Dr. Claudia Stange Klein
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- carotenoid synthesis regulation by environmental factors/stresses
- abiotic stress response given by carotenoids and ABA
- biotic stress response given by carotenoids and ABA
- plant development and carotenoids under abiotic and biotic stress
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