Plant Root Development
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2015) | Viewed by 124126
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant roots play an indispensable role in plant growth and development by providing anchorage and interface for water and mineral nutrient acquisition. Root growth is controlled by plant’s developmental programs and highly responsive to environmental cues. Roots are able to establish or avoid interactions with soil microorganisms. Recent progresses in better understanding of the regulatory mechanisms in the control of root growth and development, and with which abiotic and biotic cues are integrated in several plant species, will be highlighted in this Special Issue on “Plant Root Development”.
Dr. Rujin Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- root development
- water and nutrient acquisition and utilization
- tropic responses
- signal transduction
- abiotic and biotic stress responses
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