Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism of Plant Development

Dear Colleagues,

Sunlight provides energy for photosynthetic organisms through photosynthesis, while insufficient light leads to low photosynthesis and low carbohydrate synthesis which, in turn, affect plant development. Nitrogen is an important nutrient element for plant growth and plays an important role in plant growth and development. Increasing nitrogen fertilizer can increase crop yields, but it can also lead to a lot of environmental problems, such as soil acidification and the eutrophication of water bodies. The coordinated metabolism of carbon and nitrogen is essential for optimal plant growth and development. Therefore, there are a lot of issues that need to be studied. For example:

1. How plants perceive and respond quickly to changes in soil nitrogen concentration to regulate their metabolism, physiological changes and growth and development processes.
2. How plants perceive energy stress caused by insufficient carbon sources and regulate plant growth and development.
3. How to coordinate the balance of carbon and nitrogen metabolism, and optimize the absorption, assimilation and metabolism of nitrogen.
4. How to improve nitrogen utilization efficiency.

This Special Issue of “Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism of Plant Development” will cover the recent progress in all of the areas related to carbon and nitrogen metabolism based on molecular biology, genetics and other approaches to ultimately advance the field. Both original research articles and reviews are welcome.

Dr. Min Fan
Dr. Fengxia Li
Guest Editors

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• nitrogen signaling transduction
• nitrogen metabolism
• nitrogen absorption
• nitrogen utilization efficiency
• nitrate
• stress
• light
• carbon assimilation
• carbon metabolism
• carbon dioxide fixation
• energy
• hormones (br, aba, iaa, etc.)
• carbon and nitrogen balance