Recent Molecular Research in Interaction of Plants and Fungi
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 711
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant physiology; biochemistry; climate change; mitigation strategies; sustainable agriculture
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Dear Colleagues,
Study the complex communities of microorganisms, that live in and around plant roots, allows to understand how plants and fungi interact and how these interactions affect ecosystem processes. In fact, plants and fungi interact in a variety of ways that can impact, positively or negatively, crop yield and quality. Understanding these interactions can help farmers to optimize plant-fungi relationships and improve crop production. Fungi also play important roles in many ecosystems, including as decomposers and as partners in mutualistic relationships with plants, and some of them produce bioactive compounds that have potential therapeutic properties, such as antibiotics, immunosuppressants, and anticancer agents. Furthermore, some fungi also have an important role in bioremediation, since they have the ability to break down toxic pollutants in soil, making them an attractive option for cleaning up contaminated sites. Plants and fungi also play important roles in the carbon cycle, which is affected by climate change. Advances in genetics and molecular biology, genomics and transcriptomics, metabolomics, and functional ecology are relevant to the study of plant-fungi interactions and could fit within the scope of this special issue.
Dr. Sandra Pereira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant-fungi interactions
- soil microorganisms
- ecosystem processes
- crop yield
- bioactive compounds
- bioremediation
- mutualistic relationships
- carbon cycle
- climate change
