Tree Traits and Chemistry
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecophysiology and Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2024) | Viewed by 3436
Special Issue Editors
Interests: trees; phytochemistry; physiology; chemotaxonomy; systematics; phylogeography; micromorphology; morpho-anatomy; biological activity; ecology
Interests: plants; trees; phytochemistry; chemotaxonomy; systematics; phylogeny; micromorphology; morpho-anatomy; biological activity; ecology
Interests: forest genetics; tree breeding; conservation biology; ecology; silviculture
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Trees (both conifers and deciduous) are very important plants in supplying the atmosphere with oxygen, in the natural circulation of water, carbon, and nutrients, in activities related to wood production and soil erosion control, as well as in preserving biodiversity on Earth. Characteristics of their woods, barks, crown, root, leaves, and seeds strongly influence to aforementioned functions. Forests’ survival is also momentous in the wake of global warming and other climatic changes, especially in arid zones. Alone or in conjunction with morphology, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, etc., the chemistry of trees also plays an important role in medicine and/or in pharmacy, industry, food production, wood production, aromatherapy, physiology, ecology, chemical ecology, plant systematics, and nanotechnology, as well as in other areas of engineering research and implementation. This Special Issue aims to provide new or comprehensive data on tree secondary metabolite profiles (e.g., terpenes, n-alkanes, flavonoids, alkaloids, fatty acids, lipids, etc.) as well as of their correlations with other tree characteristics which are important for the growth of forests. In addition, chemical studies of trees based on investigations of proteomic and transcriptomic assemblies and their variability are also welcome. According to the listed aims and scopes, original scientific articles as well as review articles are expected.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Essential oil composition of conifer trees and its bioactivity;
- Conifers: Microstructure and chemical composition of cuticular and epicuticular leaf waxes;
- Flavonoids in tree species;
- Distribution of alkaloids in tree species;
- Lipids in tree species;
- Lipids in seeds of tree species;
- Metabolomic, proteomic, and transcriptomic data used in tree species;
- etc.
Dr. Biljana M. Nikolic̈
Dr. Zorica S. MitiĆ
Prof. Dr. Dalibor Ballian
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- trees
- chemistry
- essential oils
- waxes
- chemotaxonomy
- physiology
- micromorphology
- morpho-anatomy
- biological activity
- ecology
- biodiversity