title: Integration of photosynthesis, development and stress as an opportunity for plant biology.
abstract: With the tremendous progress of the past decades, molecular plant science is becoming more unified than ever. We now have the exciting opportunity to further connect subdisciplines and understand plants as whole organisms, as will be required to efficiently utilize them in natural and agricultural systems to meet human needs. The subfields of photosynthesis, plant developmental biology and plant stress are used as examples to discuss how plant science can become better integrated. The challenges, strategies and rich opportunities for the integration of the plant sciences are discussed. In recent years, more and more overlap between various subdisciplines has been inadvertently discovered including tradeoffs that may occur in plants engineered for biotechnological applications. Already important, bioinformatics and computational modelling will become even more central to structuring and understanding the ever growing amounts of data. The process of integrating and overlapping fields in plant biology research is advancing, but plant science will benefit from dedicating more effort and urgency to reach across its boundaries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Yagut
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Allahverdiyeva
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Battchikova
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, and Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.|Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, EE-50411, Tartu, Estonia.
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brosché
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Saijaliisa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kangasjärvi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mulo
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, and Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.|Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Ari Pekka
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Mähönen
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, and Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.|Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.|Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Green Technology, FI-01301, Vantaa, Finland.
authors.forename: Kaisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nieminen
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, and Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Kirk
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Overmyer
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, and Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Jarkko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salojärvi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, and Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5946-9060
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wrzaczek
mesh_terms: D001901:Botany / Q000639:trends*; D002450:Cell Communication; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000378:metabolism; D019295:Computational Biology; D015870:Gene Expression; D010788:Photosynthesis; D063245:Plant Development; D057865:Plant Immunity; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D014934:Wood / Q000378:metabolism
keywords: bioenergy; bioinformatics; biomass engineering; biotechnology; photosynthesis; plant development; stress signaling