Epigenetics Regulation in Plant Development and Response to Environmental Stresses
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2023) | Viewed by 2588
Special Issue Editors
Interests: crop functional epi-genomics; chromatin regulation; plant-environment adaptation
Interests: RNA modification; RNA silencing; RNA degradation; post-transcriptional regulation; plant-stress response
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Dear Colleagues,
Epigenetic regulation, including DNA methylation, histone modifications, chromatin remodeling, and micro/small-RNA accumulation, have a decisive function in regulating various morphological transitions during plant growth and development. In addition, the epigenomic changes are dynamic in response and adaptation to environmental stimulus, which in turn affect the phenotypic plasticity of organisms. Understanding how epigenetic regulation shapes and influences plant development is not only important for dissecting the molecular mechanisms of plant responses to the environment, but also for the potential application in the genetic manipulation of plants, in particular, crops, for future food security. We invite submissions of manuscripts (for example, original research and reviews) that provide novel insights into different aspects of plant epigenetics, assessing its function in plant development and plant responses to abiotic and biotic stresses.
Dr. Jun Xiao
Dr. Xiang Yu
Dr. Mingli Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chromatin modification
- DNA methylation
- micro/small RNA
- RNA modification
- plant development
- plant–environment interaction
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