Plant Membrane Transporters—Biotechnological Applications, Regulation of Stress Responses, and Adaption to the Different Environments
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 February 2022) | Viewed by 6982
Special Issue Editors
Interests: halophytes; salinity; and drought stresses; ions; membrane transport; K+ homeostasis; Na+ transport; arsenic transport; plant abiotic stress; plant nutrition; mycorrhiza; physiology and molecular genetics
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Interests: heavy metal stresses; metal ions membrane transport; metal homeostasis; cation diffusion facilitators; plant nutrition; biofortification; phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soils; plant interactions with plant growth promoting microorganisms
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
During evolution, plants have evolved a wide spectrum of adaptation mechanisms to survive in harsh and changing environments. Abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought, aluminum toxicity, heavy metals, drought, and others could have substantial negative impacts on plant growth and development. Improvement of stress tolerance to these environmental constraints belongs to the task of primary importance for modern agriculture. Improvement of plant stress tolerance or biofortification of our crops with pivotal micronutrients requires a deep understanding of membrane transport mechanisms in plants. Evaluation of the role of plant membrane transporters in plant sensing, adaptation to the different environments, and regulation of stress responses are crucial tasks that need to be solved in the nearest future. The roles of plant transporters comprise a wide range of biological processes including plant nutrition, signaling (Ca2+ and ROS), ion detoxification and compartmentation, photosynthesis, and turgor regulation, ion homeostasis, drought, and salinity stresses.
The study of genes or gene networks involved in membrane ion transport may help to develop and improve plant stress tolerance, the nutritional value of crops via the biofortification approach and facilitate soil decontamination via phytoremediation techniques. Although the number of data regarding plant function, structure, and evolution of plant membrane transporters is continuously increasing, there are still many aspects yet to be revealed. All members of the membrane transport proteins have different physiological roles, membrane localization, tissue distribution, and mechanisms of regulation. Thus, the study of their role in the adaptation mechanisms to the different environments and discovery of novel structural and functional aspects is essential and challenging.
In this Special Issue, we would like to collect original research data and opinions of current knowledge on the role of plant membrane transporters in ionic homeostasis, stress tolerance to salinity and drought, aluminum and heavy metal toxicity, plant nutritional balance, application in biofortification and phytoremediation.
Dr. Stanislav Isayenkov
Dr. Dorina Podar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Plant Membrane Transport
- Ionic Homeostasis
- Plant Abiotic Stress
- Heavy Metal Transport
- Mineral Biofortification
- Phytoremediation
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