Nutrient Stress Tolerance in Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 5707
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant nutrition; zinc; iron; nitrogen; phosphate; bioavailabilty; cadmium
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant nutrition is a large field encompassing interactions by plants with soil, pathogens and the wider environment to get to the next generation. So far 17 different elements have been recognized as essential for normal growth and development of all higher plants. These elements are grouped into macronutrient elements or major elements, of which plants need a higher quantity, and micronutrient elements or minor elements which are used in lower quantities. As our understanding of how these nutrients are taken up and sensed has become fairly well understood at the gene level in many model species. However many questions about interactions of different essential elements and effects of natural variation in tolerance to levels of these 17 elements remains a mystery. All too often in agricultural settings many plants face either a lack of access to a particular element or high levels of unwanted elements which limit agricultural production and food security. A greater understanding of how plant nutrition and elemental interactions can help to sustainably produce the food, fight disease, increase feed production and create high value plant products is vital.
Thus the aim of this special issue is to understand how natural or man made variation in crop species tolerate various nutritional stresses to adapt or overcome these deficiencies in plants. Work in this area may include understanding the effects of over or under fertilization, nutrient use efficiency as well as sequestration of toxic metals from entering edible portions of plants. Other avenues of research may also include technologies to quickly identify the proper amount of fertilizers to use to maximize either production, economic gain or fortification efforts.
Dr. Matthew Milner
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Plant Nutrition
- Zinc
- Iron
- Phosphate
- Nitrogen
- Nutrient use efficiency
- Cadmium
- Fertilizer