The Production and Destruction of Phytohormones by Microorganisms: Their Roles in the Promotion of Plant Growth and Resistance
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural and Bio-derived Molecules".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 138
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Interests: plant productivity; phytohormones; plant growth promoting bacteria; bacterial metabolites; plant-microorganism interaction
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Dear Colleagues,
The association of plants with the microorganisms that colonize the rhizosphere, the surface of roots, leaves, or the interior of plants is known to have beneficial effects on plants’ growth, productivity, and adaptation to environmental (drought, salinity, suboptimal temperature, toxic metals, pollution with anthropogenic organic substances) and biotic (pathogens) stressors. Plants supply the bacteria with organic matter, and the microorganisms, in turn, increase the availability of nitrates, phosphates, and other mineral nutrients necessary for plant growth, protecting them from pathogens. Microorganisms influence plant growth directly by synthesizing growth-stimulating hormones and metabolizing growth-inhibiting hormones. Hormonal levels in plants can also result from indirect changes in plant hormone metabolism induced by substances synthesized by microorganisms. Furthermore, the microbial hormone-mediated stimulation of plant antioxidant systems helps to protect plants against oxidative stress, which accompanies most detrimental environmental factors. Overall, the capacity microorganisms have in regard to influencing plant hormonal status is likely to be involved in most known mechanisms of growth promotion by microorganisms. However, further research into hormonal control of the beneficial effects of microorganisms on plants is needed to improve the effectiveness of their use in agronomy to increase the productivity of cultivated plants. We invite investigators to contribute high-quality original research and review articles addressing the different mechanisms of the beneficial effects of microorganisms on hormonal control in plants.
Prof. Dr. Guzel Kudoyarova
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB)
- mycorrhizae
- auxins
- cytokines
- ethylene
- abscisic acid
- gibberellins
- jasmonates
- brassinolides
- water relations
- mineral nutrition
- antioxidant system
- protection against pathogens
- salicylic acid
- ethylene
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