Identification and Characterization of Bioactive Compounds from Seaweeds for Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 September 2022) | Viewed by 303
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant biostimulants; gene regulation; plant physiology; sustainable agriculture; marine bioproducts to improve plant; animal and human health
Interests: marine bioproducts to improve plant, animal and human health; plant biostimulants: discovery and molecular mode of action; molecular plant root–microbe interaction; plant disease management
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Dear Colleagues,
Seaweeds are a major contributor of the global biodiversity, and are exposed to habitats that are known to be tougher, more distinct, and exceptionally aggressive as compared to those of terrestrial organisms. To cope with these harsh conditions, seaweeds produce a wide range of unique bioactive molecules that are essential for their survival. These biomolecules are also known to induce beneficial effects in plant health and stress tolerance, and are termed as seaweed-based biostimulants. Seaweed-based bioproducts are well-researched for their mode of action in improving plant growth and are proven to confer stress tolerance. However, most of this research is limited to products from brown seaweeds, while there is a considerable lag in exploiting the other seaweeds for the commercial extraction of novel biostimulants. In addition to this, most bioactive extraction processes are dependent on chemical hydrolysis. This could create immense opportunity to design novel Nature-friendly processes for the extraction of bioactives from seaweeds. More research needs to be done to streamline the processes of extraction, and finally their application in the field of sustainable agriculture. This will prove a major boost to the blue economy.
In this Special Issue, we wish to incorporate contributions from leading scientists focusing on the isolation and characterization of novel bioactive molecules from seaweed. We also invite manuscripts from the scientific community involved in developing novel processes for the isolation and characterization of these bioactive molecules. This Special issue will also focus on the value-added application of these biostimulants in plant growth and stress tolerance, which may also include understanding the novel modes of action of these molecules.
Dr. Pushp Sheel Shukla
Dr. Balakrishnan Prithiviraj
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- seaweeds
- bioactive molecules
- sustainable agriculture
- plant growth
