Specialized metabolites are important regulatory substances in plants, which are involved in a series of activities such as plant development and reproduction. Efficient and precise specialized modification and targeted transformation of specialized metabolites such as polyphenols, flavonoids, and terpenoids can affect plant functions and even change the inherent plant properties. Faced with the challenges of numerous biotic and abiotic stresses and people’s higher demand for healthier food, there is a higher demand for plant cultivation. How to cultivate more nutritious, resilient, and aesthetically pleasing plants in a safer and more natural way is the direction researchers seek. In this context, the generation of specialized metabolites can solve the above problems by affecting the plant with substances produced by the plant itself through a series of molecular regulatory mechanisms and affecting its development and resistance to stress.
Many challenges and shortcomings exist in the current research on specialized metabolites, some of which only focus on the extraction and isolation of metabolites and their effects, and there are fewer studies involving the deeper molecular regulatory mechanisms. Therefore, more in-depth studies are needed not only on the functional roles of specialized metabolites but also on their molecular regulatory mechanisms in plants and how they affect plant growth and development and stress resistance through these molecular regulatory mechanisms.
In this Research Topic, we welcome all article types published by Frontiers in Plant Science that focus on the specialized metabolite-mediated molecular regulatory mechanisms in plants, specifically in the following areas.
• Specialized metabolites mediate different molecular regulatory mechanisms to help plants resist adversity, such as drought, cold, salt stresses, etc.
• Specialized metabolites affect plant development by mediating different molecular regulatory mechanisms.
• Under the influence of biotic or abiotic environment, specialized metabolites influence the molecular regulatory mechanisms of gene expression through signalling pathways, which affect plant growth.
• The same specialized metabolites play different roles in different species.
Keywords: Specialized metabolites, Plant resistance, Molecular regulatory mechanisms, Plant growth and development, Plant reproductive development
Specialized metabolites are important regulatory substances in plants, which are involved in a series of activities such as plant development and reproduction. Efficient and precise specialized modification and targeted transformation of specialized metabolites such as polyphenols, flavonoids, and terpenoids can affect plant functions and even change the inherent plant properties. Faced with the challenges of numerous biotic and abiotic stresses and people’s higher demand for healthier food, there is a higher demand for plant cultivation. How to cultivate more nutritious, resilient, and aesthetically pleasing plants in a safer and more natural way is the direction researchers seek. In this context, the generation of specialized metabolites can solve the above problems by affecting the plant with substances produced by the plant itself through a series of molecular regulatory mechanisms and affecting its development and resistance to stress.
Many challenges and shortcomings exist in the current research on specialized metabolites, some of which only focus on the extraction and isolation of metabolites and their effects, and there are fewer studies involving the deeper molecular regulatory mechanisms. Therefore, more in-depth studies are needed not only on the functional roles of specialized metabolites but also on their molecular regulatory mechanisms in plants and how they affect plant growth and development and stress resistance through these molecular regulatory mechanisms.
In this Research Topic, we welcome all article types published by Frontiers in Plant Science that focus on the specialized metabolite-mediated molecular regulatory mechanisms in plants, specifically in the following areas.
• Specialized metabolites mediate different molecular regulatory mechanisms to help plants resist adversity, such as drought, cold, salt stresses, etc.
• Specialized metabolites affect plant development by mediating different molecular regulatory mechanisms.
• Under the influence of biotic or abiotic environment, specialized metabolites influence the molecular regulatory mechanisms of gene expression through signalling pathways, which affect plant growth.
• The same specialized metabolites play different roles in different species.
Keywords: Specialized metabolites, Plant resistance, Molecular regulatory mechanisms, Plant growth and development, Plant reproductive development
