Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants - Invitation for Contribution to Special Issue "Cellular Signals and Molecular Physiology of Plant Responses”
Guest Editors: Neeti Sanan Mishra and Renu Deswal
Plants constantly perceive and respond to diverse environmental stimuli such as light, temperature, water and nutrients. The interactions with these environmental cues shape their growth and fate. The plant responses are entangled with challenges posed by extreme fluctuations in the surrounding environment and defense against a variety of pests and pathogens, which have a detrimental effect on plant performance and yields.
We still have to go a long way to elucidate and decipher the cellular mechanisms by which plants perceive the individual and combined environmental cues and relay the messages through the molecular networks to regulate their genetic machinery for growth and survival. The understanding of the plant responses may provide the physiological, biochemical, molecular, genetic, genomic or phenotypic tools or resources required for acquiring resilience to abiotic stresses and resistance to biotic stresses. These will help to design effective strategies for the development of climate smart food crops to meet the food and feed requirements of the future generations.
This Special Issue aims to collect impactful research articles providing evidence and insights on plant responses to favourable and stressful environmental stimuli. Methodological papers describing new technologies for plant phenotyping or evaluating plant responses and reviews providing a comprehensive update or view of this topic are also welcome.
This Special Issue is a sequel to the institution of “Prof. S.K. Sopory Endowment awards” on the occasion of his 75th birthday held at the ICGEB, New Delhi on 07th January 2023. Prof Sudhir K Sopory is an eminent plant biologist who has contributed significantly in the areas of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology.
Keywords:
- Plant hormone signaling
- Photoreception
- Photomorphogenesis
- Plant stress response
- Abiotic stress
- Biotic stress
- Cell signaling pathways
- Gene regulation
- Transcription factors
- Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Reactive nitrogen species (RNS)
- Hormone cross-talk
- Adaptation and acclimation
- Epigenetic regulation
- MicroRNA-mediated regulation
- Primary and Secondary metabolites
Last date of paper submission: August 1, 2023
Dr. Neeti Sanan-Mishra obtained her PhD from, School of Life Sciences, JNU. Currently she is the Group leader of Plant RNAi Biology at International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) New Delhi. She has made significant contributions in the field of plant biotechnology by investigating the miRNA networks involved in regulating plant development in response to virus infection and abiotic stresses. Dr. Neeti has published around 100 research and review articles in the reputed peer-reviewed journals. She is serving as the editorial board member of Scientific Journals and has edited special issues published by International journals.
Dr. Renu Deswal is currently a senior professor in Department of Botany, University of Delhi, She has obtained her PhD from, School of Life Sciences, JNU. Earlier, she worked as a scientist and staff scientist in CPMB and NCPGR, New Delhi. Her expertise is in functional genomics (proteomics). She has published over 100 publications. Her group is busy deciphering Nitroso-proteome of Brassica, Identifying and characterizing Nitrosative and Abiotic (cold) stress Signal Transduction components. Comparative proteome analysis of Seabuckthorn for antifreeze proteins and Dioscorea proteomics. She has co-edited a special volume of Journal of Proteins and Proteomics (2016) “Functional and Interaction Proteomics: Applications in food and Health”. Another special volume of Proteomics (2015) “Plant based foods: Seed, Nutrition and Human Health.