Frontiers in Maize Ecophysiology

The journals Plants will be publishing a Special Issue on Frontiers in Maize Ecophysiology. To face the double pressures from the changing environment and increasing demand of growing population globally, maize plays more essential role in securing food safety due to its strong adaptability. With improvement in germplasm and cultivation techniques, it is of utmost importance to highlight that there is still lots potentials for increasing maize yield.   Thus, in this Special Issue, we encourage any advancements in maize physiology, growth and development regulations, source-sink relationships, yield formation in response to environment, colony and canopy management, converting fundamental research to field benefit. Cross talk between disciplines to serve the topic will be also encouraged. This Special Issue will cover a wide variety of areas, aiming to contribute to the overall knowledge of maize ecophysiology from several aspects.

Dr. Ruizhi Xie
Dr. Si Shen
Dr. Baizhao Ren
Guest Editors

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