Electrical and Chemical Signaling in Plant Defence
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 (25 May 2021) | Viewed by 10786
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Interests: plant–microbe interaction; phloem physiology; systemic signaling in plants; phytohormones; electrical signals
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Dear Colleagues,
Plants are exposed to countless different organisms, like bacteria, fungi, insects and interact in a rather friendly or harmful way with them. In combination with the sessile life of plants a perception ability for adequate answers is required otherwise plant’s fitness is at risk. Therefore, the plant’s interaction with its living environment must result in an induction of local and systemic signals which inform other plant parts or even neighbouring plants. This means signalling networks are of high significance for plant’s growth and survival. Signalling networks are composed of electrophysiological and chemical signals. A wealth set of data is known for chemical signals e.g. phytohormones, RNAs, peptides, ROS, VOCs, but less is known about the integrative role of electrophysiological signals e.g. action potentials (APs), variation potentials (VPs), system potentials (SPs) or a mixture of those. In particular, the potential cooperation of electrophysiological and chemical signals is unknown but of high interest. It seems very likely that the complex heterogeneous interaction of plants with their environment demands a wide plasticity of signals and their combinations.
We would be pleased to get original research papers, reviews or opinion papers related to any aspect of electrophysiological or chemical signalling in response to biotic stimuli as well as mediated downstream events.
Dr. Alexandra Furch
Guest Editors
Dr. Matthias Rudi Zimmermann
Co-Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Plant-pathogen/symbiont/insect-interaction
- Plant defense
- Systemic signaling and response
- Electrical signal
- Chemical signal
- Vascular system
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