Nutrient Use Efficiency under Optimal and Stressful Conditions of Horticulture Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2021) | Viewed by 702
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Interests: horticulture; metabolomics; crop physiology of vegetables and floriculture
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Interests: horticulture; soilless crops; vertical crops; plant nutrition; water & nutrient use efficiency; fertigation; nanofertilizers; agronomic biofortification
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Interests: horticulture; abiotic stress; biostimulant; soilless cultivation; microgreens; vegetable quality; ornamentals; postharvest quality
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Interests: ornamental plants; abiotic stresses; antioxidant enzymes; biodiversity; product quality; germination; light response
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant growth and development are regulated by the environmental conditions and availability of mineral nutrients. The uptake of mineral elements is regulated from soil properties and rhizosphere conditions. Abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, high or low temperature, and high or low light conditions affect the assimilation pathway of nutrients in plants. Eco-physiological studies can provide useful information on plant behaviour and adaptability on nutrient use efficiency. Nutrient availability, excess, or deficiency, can activate several physiological and biochemical pathways that are associated with specific transcriptional changes.
Nutrient uptake and assimilation can be improved by specific treatments with enriched bioactive compounds such as biostimulants. The efficacy of these products is particular evident in plant growth under sub-optimal conditions.
Appropriate methodologies used for mineral nutrition studies such as hydroponic systems and nutrient solution managements for improving plant growth are also welcome.
This Special Issue aims to collect reviews and specific studies in order to provide an updated state-of-the-art collection on plant nutrition and performance.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Horticulturae.
Prof. Dr. Antonio Ferrante
Dr. Miguel Guzmán
Dr. Roberta Bulgari
Dr. Stefania Toscano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Assimilation pathway
- Nitrogen
- Soil fertility
- Eco-physiology
- Biostimulants
- Hydroponics
- Roots biology
- Photosynthesis
- Nutrient availability
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