Plant Developmental Biology Technology and In Situ Hybridization Experiment Technology
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2023) | Viewed by 1889
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of individual plants is a complex process finely regulated by multiple genes. From embryonic development to plant aging and death, each step includes many developmental events. Using the theoretical basis and advanced biological technology of other disciplines in biologicals, assessing the plant development process at the molecular level will help humans to understand and reveal the mechanism of each developmental event in the plant kingdom more deeply, thus creating broader applications for production practices. In situ hybridization can be used to reveal the location of a specific nucleic acid sequence with labeled antisense RNA probes in a chromosome or tissue, which is a critical step in understanding the organization, regulation, and function of genes.
This research topic is dedicated to the most recent advances in plant developmental biology, both from a practical and a fundamental perspective. Original research, review, and mini-review manuscripts are welcome that are on topics including: plant embryogenesis and seed formation; plant cells expressing totipotency to regenerate plants in the most common way and introduce the basic content of plant development after embryogenesis, including the development of the shoot apical meristem and its lateral organs; root (including lateral root and root hair) development and regulation; the sex determination of plants; gametogenesis and gametophyte development; flower development and regulation; and fruit development and regulation. Papers on the biotechnological applications of plant developmental biology, such as cloning, hap, and plant genetic transformation and cryopreservation, among others, are welcome. Manuscripts dealing with the more recent advances in the fundamental research on plant embryogenesis, such as functional genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics analysis, are also encouraged to be submitted, as are those concerning the role of epigenetics on embryo formation and development.
Dr. Donghui Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cloning
- embryo development
- plant embryogenesis
- totipotency
- plant developmental biology
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