Effects of Auxin on Root Development
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 809
Special Issue Editor
2. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
Interests: metabolism; plant hormones; auxin biosynthesis; root development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
For a sessile plant, the development of a root system is essential. As a direct point of contact with the soil, the root system can change to adapt to environmental conditions. Since their discovery, auxins have been connected with root development. Despite the fact that almost all nutrients and other plant hormones also affect roots, they often crosstalk with the auxin pathway. The role of auxins starts during embryonal root development, but continues post-embryonically. By affecting primary root growth, lateral root initiation and outgrowth and adventitious rooting, auxin controls all aspects of root architecture. Moreover, the application of auxins facilitates the in vitro propagation of medicinal and horticultural species. Biosynthesis, polar and long-distance transport, perception and signalling events and the integration of environmental clues are essential for the action of auxin.
For this Special Issue, we invite research manuscripts highlighting experiments in which the link between auxins and root development is demonstrated, in which new players of the signalling pathway are identified, in which novel regulation of the transport is characterized or in which auxins are successfully applied to optimize in vitro propagation.
Dr. Inge Verstraeten
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- auxin
- root development
- in vitro propagation
- root growth
- plant adaptation
- auxin transport
- auxin signalling
- phytohormones
- crosstalk
