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Regulation of Physiological and Morphological Responses to Plant Nutrient Deficiencies

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 8704

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Universidad de Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
Interests: regulation of physiological and morphological responses to nutrient deficiencies; molecular mechanisms of stress responses; interactions between hormones and other signals; role of beneficial rhizosphere microbes on mineral acquisition
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Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
Interests: regulation of physiological and morphological responses to nutrient deficiencies; molecular mechanisms of stress responses; interactions between hormones and other signals; the role of beneficial rhizosphere microbes on mineral acquisition
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

To cope with nutrient deficiencies, plants develop both morphological and physiological responses. The regulation of these responses is not totally understood, but some hormones (ethylene, auxin, gibberellins, cytoquinins, jasmonate, etc.) and signaling substances (microRNAs, nitric oxide, GSH, GSNO, oxygen reactive species, etc.) have been implicated. To confer specificity to each nutrient deficiency, hormones and signaling substances should interact among them in a specific way or they can act through different transduction pathways.

Papers submitted to this Special Issue must report novelty results, new regulation working models, and the latest findings related with the regulation of the nutrient deficiency responses, mainly focused on the interactions among hormones and other substances to confer specificity to the responses.

Dr. Francisco Javier Romera
Dr. Carlos Lucena
Dr. María José García
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Plants
  • Nutrient deficiencies
  • Responses
  • Regulation
  • Hormones
  • Signaling substances
  • Crosstalk
  • Specificity
  • Interaction
  • Stress

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Vitamin E Is Superior to Vitamin C in Delaying Seedling Senescence and Improving Resistance in Arabidopsis Deficient in Macro-Elements
by Zhong-Wei Zhang, Xin-Yue Yang, Xiao-Jian Zheng, Yu-Fan Fu, Ting Lan, Xiao-Yan Tang, Chang-Quan Wang, Guang-Deng Chen, Jian Zeng and Shu Yuan
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21(19), 7429; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijms21197429 - 08 Oct 2020
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Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) are three essential macro-elements for plant growth and development. Used to improve yield in agricultural production, the excessive use of chemical fertilizers often leads to increased production costs and ecological environmental pollution. Vitamins C and E [...] Read more.
Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) are three essential macro-elements for plant growth and development. Used to improve yield in agricultural production, the excessive use of chemical fertilizers often leads to increased production costs and ecological environmental pollution. Vitamins C and E are antioxidants that play an important role in alleviating abiotic stress. However, there are few studies on alleviating oxidative stress caused by macro-element deficiency. Here, we used Arabidopsis vitamin E synthesis-deficient mutant vte4 and vitamin C synthesis-deficient mutant vtc1 on which exogenous vitamin E and vitamin C, respectively, were applied at the bolting stage. In the deficiency of macro-elements, the Arabidopsis chlorophyll content decreased, malondialdehyde (MDA) content and relative electric conductivity increased, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulated. The mutants vtc1 and vte4 are more severely stressed than the wild-type plants. Adding exogenous vitamin E was found to better alleviate stress than adding vitamin C. Vitamin C barely affected and vitamin E significantly inhibited the synthesis of ethylene (ETH) and jasmonic acid (JA) genes, thereby reducing the accumulation of ETH and JA that alleviated the senescence caused by macro-element deficiency at the later stage of bolting in Arabidopsis. A deficiency of macro-elements also reduced the yield and germination rate of the seeds, which were more apparent in vtc1 and vte4, and adding exogenous vitamin C and vitamin E, respectively, could restore them. This study reported, for the first time, that vitamin E is better than vitamin C in delaying seedling senescence caused by macro-element deficiency in Arabidopsis. Full article
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Current Understandings on Magnesium Deficiency and Future Outlooks for Sustainable Agriculture
by Ahmad Hassan Chaudhry, Shafa Nayab, Syed Bilal Hussain, Muqarrab Ali and Zhiyong Pan
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22(4), 1819; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijms22041819 - 12 Feb 2021
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The productivity of agricultural produce is fairly dependent on the availability of nutrients and efficient use. Magnesium (Mg2+) is an essential macronutrient of living cells and is the second most prevalent free divalent cation in plants. Mg2+ plays a role [...] Read more.
The productivity of agricultural produce is fairly dependent on the availability of nutrients and efficient use. Magnesium (Mg2+) is an essential macronutrient of living cells and is the second most prevalent free divalent cation in plants. Mg2+ plays a role in several physiological processes that support plant growth and development. However, it has been largely forgotten in fertilization management strategies to increase crop production, which leads to severe reductions in plant growth and yield. In this review, we discuss how the Mg2+ shortage induces several responses in plants at different levels: morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular. Additionally, the Mg2+ uptake and transport mechanisms in different cellular organelles and the role of Mg2+ transporters in regulating Mg2+ homeostasis are also discussed. Overall, in this review, we critically summarize the available information about the responses of Mg deficiency on plant growth and development, which would facilitate plant scientists to create Mg2+-deficiency-resilient crops through agronomic and genetic biofortification. Full article
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