Edi o ial: Mine al nu i ion and
plan s ess ole ance
Md Sazzad Hossain
1,2
*, Ped o Ga cia Capa os
3
and Ka l He mann Mühling
1
*
1
Kiel Uni e si y, Kiel, Ge many,
2
Sylhe Ag icul u al Uni e si y, Sylhe , Bangladesh,
3
Uni e si y o
Alme ia, Alme ı
´a, Spain
KEYWORDS
plan s, mine al elemen s, abio ic s ess, bio ic s ess, plan physiology and biochemis y,
nu ien deficiency and oxici y
Edi o ial on he Resea ch Topic
Mine al nu i ion and plan s ess ole ance
The p o ision o so-called global ood sa e y and secu i y is h ea ened by global
wa ming, clima e change, and he inc easing ood demand o an e e -g owing human
popula ion (Be khou e al., 2019;Sun and Wea e , 2020;Dobe mann e al., 2022).
Imp ope plan nu i ional managemen educes c op p oduc ion and quali y becomes a
i al global conce n a ec ing billions o people wo ldwide (Kumssa e al., 2015;Ho mann
e al., 2020;Dobe mann e al., 2022). Any s ess (bio ic o abio ic) can dis up plan
me abolism and lead o educed g ow h, fi ness, and p oduc i i y (Hossain and Die z, 2016;
Ahmed e al., 2020). Unde s anding c op physiological and biochemical esponses o
ad e se en i onmen al condi ions is c i ical (Bashi e al., 2021). Mine al nu i ion is one o
he mos e ec i e ways o educe a ious s esses in c ops o inc ease yield and quali y. I
plays a c ucial ole in he esponse o plan s o bo h bio ic and abio ic s esses (Ma schne
and Cakmak, 1989;Cakmak, 2005;Wa aich e al., 2011;Ma schne , 2012;Elme and
Da no , 2014;Cabo e al., 2019;Sa wa e al., 2019;Kuma i e al., 2022). In e ac ions
be ween mine al elemen s and bio ic and abio ic s ess esponses a e impo an o
de eloping s a egies o imp o e c op p oduc i i y and quali y in s essed en i onmen s.
P ope nu ien managemen can e ec i ely mi iga e he ad e se e ec s o di e en s esses
h ough di e sified mechanisms (Shouka e al., 2024a,b;Wa aich e al., 2011;Mannan
e al., 2022;Van Nguyen e al., 2022;Chowdhu y e al., 2024).
Al hough conside able p og ess has been made in plan nu i ion and s ess ole ance
many aspec s o plan nu i ion emain unknown. Howe e , mo e ex ensi e e o s a e
equi ed o unde s and be e he ela ionship be ween mine al elemen s and plan s ess
ole ance. Mechanisms unde lying he ole o mine al nu i ion and i s in e ac ions wi h
plan s a e p oposed in his Resea ch Topic, comp ising di e se esea ch a icles, including
wo e iews and se en o iginal esea ch pape s.
Ni ogen me abolism in c ops is c ucial o a ious physiological p ocesses and plan
g ow h, especially in s aple c ops like ea. In his e iew, Zhang e al. summa ized he
cu en in o ma ion on he unde lying mechanisms o iden i y key egula o s in unc ional
pheno ypes and imp o e ni ogen use e ficiency. The e iew highligh ed he significance o
ammonium as he p ima y ni ogen sou ce. The biological and molecula mechanisms
unde lying he GS-GOGAT pa hway, including ni a e educ ase (NR), ni i e educ ase
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Ma a Wil on Vasconcelos,
Ca holic Uni e si y o Po ugal, Po ugal
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Md Sazzad Hossain
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Ka l He mann Mühling
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CITATION
Hossain MS, Ga cia Capa os P and
Mühling KH (2024) Edi o ial: Mine al nu i ion
and plan s ess ole ance.
F on . Plan Sci. 15:1461651.
doi: 10.3389/ pls.2024.1461651
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(NiR), glu amine syn he ase (GS), glu ama e syn hase (GOGAT),
and glu ama e dehyd ogenase (GDH), we e also explained in de ail.
Phan e al. conduc ed a genome-wide associa ion s udy o
iden i y quan i a i e ai loci (QTLs) linked o ni ogen use
e ficiency (NUE) in ice unde saline condi ions. The esea ch
in ol ed 2,391 ice accessions g own unde wo ni ogen
condi ions and wo NaCl concen a ions o assess d y weigh . A
o al o 55 QTLs associa ed wi h he e alua ed ai s we e iden ified,
wi h 28 being no el disco e ies. These findings o e aluable
gene ic esou ces o imp o ing NUE in ice, pa icula ly in
saline en i onmen s.
Suga and acid me abolism a e pi o al in oma o de elopmen
and ui quali y, necessi a ing u he in es iga ion in o he
unde lying ansc ip s, pa icula ly unde high empe a u e and
ni ogen e ilize condi ions. Zheng e al. epo ed ha bo h
condi ions ele a ed he le els o soluble suga s and o ganic acids
in young oma o ui s. Addi ionally, he s udy iden ified se e al
genes in ol ed in suc ose me abolism (CWINV2, HK2, SPS, PK)
and suc ose anspo e s (SUT1, SUT4, SWEETs).
Chen e al. expe imen ed o disce n he main physiological and
molecula mechanisms o Acacia melanoxylon s em in esponse o
bo on deficiency. Unde bo on-defici condi ions, s em g ow h was
educed wi h sho ened in e nodes. T ansc ip omic analysis
e ealed ha genes linked o cell wall me abolism and s uc u al
componen s we e down egula ed. Fu he mo e, addi ional genes
linked o ho mone signaling showed significan al e a ions.
Mo adi and Siosema deh in es iga ed he influence o seed
p iming and olia applica ion o a ious chemical e ilize s on
ain ed whea . Thei s udy demons a ed ha combining hese
applica ion me hods significan ly enhanced he physiological and
yield ai s o he whea . This in o ma ion is c ucial o g owe s
seeking o imp o e plan g ow h and yield unde d ough -
s essed condi ions.
The e iew by Muka am e al. ocused on he in e ac ion
be ween silicon nanopa icles (SiNPs) and ace elemen s (TEs)
oxici y. The au ho s emphasize explo ing his in e ac ion om an
omics pe spec i e, encompassing plan me abolomics, p o eomics,
and genomics. Fu he mo e, he e iew del es in o he physiological
and biochemical mechanisms unde lying his in e ac ion.
Pi ann and Mühling examined he wa e logging esis ance o
oa a a ious de elopmen al s ages as an al e na i e o c op o a ion
in egions wi h empo a y subme gence. Thei findings e ealed ha
while la e wa e logging nega i ely impac ed he ege a i e phase, i led
o imp o ed pe o mance in he gene a i e phase, esul ing in
inc eased g ain yield. In con as , ea ly wa e logging se e ely a ec ed
oa pe o mance du ing ege a i e and gene a i e phases.
Delgado e al. assessed he acili a ion e ec s o Ge uina
a ellana, an aluminum hype accumula o , on he seedling g ow h
and pe o mance o Vaccinium co ymbosum, a plan sensi i e o
aluminum in ole ance and phospho us deficiency, in soils
supplemen ed wi h a ying aluminum doses. The esul s
indica ed ha co-cul i a ion wi h G. a ellana amelio a ed he
g ow h condi ions o V. co ymbosum, highligh ing he beneficial
influence o G. a ellana.
Luo e al. in es iga ed he ole o SPX-domain-con aining
p o eins (SPXs) in phospho us homeos asis in maize, wi h a
pa icula emphasis on ZmSPX1. Thei s udy demons a ed ha
o e exp essed lines exhibi ed inc eased oo sensi i i y o bo h
phospho us deficiency and high-phospho us condi ions. These
findings hold significan implica ions o enhancing phospho us
e ficiency in maize b eeding p og ams.
In conclusion, he a icles included in his Resea ch Topic
con ibu e o ou unde s anding o he e ficacy o a ious
nu ien s in alle ia ing di e se s esses and plan nu ien
ela ions, while illus a ing he need o mo e such esea ch. A
be e unde s anding o di e en nu ien elemen s could lead o
mo e a ional e ilizing p ac ices, a oiding in e ac ions ha could
con ibu e o he unbalanced mine al nu i ion o plan s o
maximizing c op yield. This knowledge is also necessa y o ob ain
mo e e ficien geno ypes in he acquisi ion o di e en nu ien s.
Au ho con ibu ions
MH: Concep ualiza ion, W i ing –o iginal d a , W i ing –
e iew & edi ing. PG: W i ing –o iginal d a , W i ing – e iew &
edi ing. KM: Supe ision, W i ing –o iginal d a , W i ing – e iew
& edi ing.
Acknowledgmen s
MH g ea ly acknowledges he suppo o he Alexande on
Humbold Founda ion (A H), Ge many.
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