As sessile organisms, plants have evolved sophisticated regulatory networks to survive in the changing environment. Plants use a number of signaling molecules, including phytohormones and peptide regulators, to coordinate their development and responses to the environment. Among phytohormones, brassinosteroids (BRs) and gibberellin (GA) play essential roles in normal growth and development and in responses to biotic/abiotic stresses. Although extensive studies have elucidated the molecular pathways that transmit these two hormone signals, how they coordinate plant development and responses to the environment and the relationships of BRs or GA with other signaling pathways require further investigation.
This Research Topic aims to highlight recent advances in the role of BRs or GA in regulating plant abiotic/biotic stress responses, focusing on physiological, cellular, and biochemical effects, as well as underlying genetic determination and molecular control. We welcome submissions of original research, reviews, and methods, including (but not limited to) research on the following subtopics:
1. Novel components involved in the biosynthesis, inactivation, transport, and signaling pathways of BRs or GA.
2.Roles of BRs or GA in plant response to abiotic stress.
3.Roles of BRs or GA in plant-pathogen interactions.
4.Contribution of BRs or GA on important agronomic traits.
Disclaimer: The response would first be studied for background effect (pre-determined condition) of abiotic stress, followed up by the interaction with the pathogen and its response. We welcome submissions of different types of related manuscripts, but descriptive studies lacking significant biological advances would be rejected without peer review.
As sessile organisms, plants have evolved sophisticated regulatory networks to survive in the changing environment. Plants use a number of signaling molecules, including phytohormones and peptide regulators, to coordinate their development and responses to the environment. Among phytohormones, brassinosteroids (BRs) and gibberellin (GA) play essential roles in normal growth and development and in responses to biotic/abiotic stresses. Although extensive studies have elucidated the molecular pathways that transmit these two hormone signals, how they coordinate plant development and responses to the environment and the relationships of BRs or GA with other signaling pathways require further investigation.
This Research Topic aims to highlight recent advances in the role of BRs or GA in regulating plant abiotic/biotic stress responses, focusing on physiological, cellular, and biochemical effects, as well as underlying genetic determination and molecular control. We welcome submissions of original research, reviews, and methods, including (but not limited to) research on the following subtopics:
1. Novel components involved in the biosynthesis, inactivation, transport, and signaling pathways of BRs or GA.
2.Roles of BRs or GA in plant response to abiotic stress.
3.Roles of BRs or GA in plant-pathogen interactions.
4.Contribution of BRs or GA on important agronomic traits.
Disclaimer: The response would first be studied for background effect (pre-determined condition) of abiotic stress, followed up by the interaction with the pathogen and its response. We welcome submissions of different types of related manuscripts, but descriptive studies lacking significant biological advances would be rejected without peer review.
