Role of Nitrogen in Plant Growth and Development
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 5077
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nitrogen is a core component of a vast range of biological molecules and its availability is a fundamental factor in the growth and development of plants. At the individual plant level, nitrogen has a wide range of effects on plant growth and shape, while photosynthetic rates strongly correlate with tissue N concentrations, largely attributable to the need for large amounts of the CO2 fixing enzyme, Rubisco. At the ecological level, N availability limits ecosystem productivity in most natural and semi-natural ecosystems worldwide and has profound implications for ecological organisms both within and between trophic levels. While nitrogen comprises approximately four-fifths of the planet’s atmosphere, this pool is unusable in its gaseous form for most plant species, except those with N-fixing bacterial symbionts.
Over the last century, the commercial production of ammonia via industrial methods has facilitated a huge increase in food production, resulting in a global population explosion. However, fertilizer leaching from agricultural soils has become a major ecological issue, causing eutrophication and a decline in environmental quality. Going forward, a massive increase in plant nutrient use efficiency will be required to support ongoing human development while minimizing damage caused to the environment.
This Special Issue welcomes contributions on a broad range of topics related to the relationship between plants and nitrogen. These may range from the molecular to the agronomic and ecological, and may cover any topic related to N capture, uptake, or its relation to plant growth and productivity.
Dr. Louis Irving
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nitrogen
- growth
- photosynthesis
- physiology
- nitrogen uptake
- nitrogen use efficiency
- N remobilization
Planned Papers
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Title: The N economy of strange plants
Authors: Louis Irving
Affiliation: School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan