Foreword

Current and Future Developments in Physiology (Volume 2) is a book that is published for the benefit of botany. The people spearheading the initial steps of this service hope that this book will serve as a valuable resource for all plant physiologists in publishing important, fundamental discoveries that further our understanding of plant growth, development, and metabolism. The editor and authors of the chapters see their work as providing committed support to the study of plant physiology as a whole.

With the rapid advancement of technology, science has begun to occupy an increasingly larger place in the lives of humanity. Research in plant physiology is increasingly evolving into the fields of artificial intelligence and bioinformatics, which include computerized applications. Concurrently, it constantly investigates in more depth the problems of developmental metabolism under the leadership of physiologists well-trained in molecular approaches, biophysics, and biochemistry methods. In this context, this book combines previous knowledge in the field of basic plant physiology with artificial intelligence and bioinformatics, including biotechnology and molecular biology approaches.

Research is uncovering actual issues that are pressing the greatest intellectual pursuits of humanity to address. Therefore, this book is available for all plant sciences, where physiological approaches must be employed to solve encountered difficulties in order to improve this major field of research overall. In addition to serving as a method for bringing all plant physiologists together into a cohesive, effective working group, my hope is that it will serve as a resource for plant physiologists across all fields of study by offering a central setting in which we can collaborate in the advancement of plant physiology without interfering with other groups' scheduled activities.

I think that this book, which consists of eleven chapters, each containing useful information, will be an even more useful resource with the support and constructive criticism of basic science plant physiologists and applied physiologists from all nations. I would like to express my endless thanks to the editor, book authors, publication editors, graphic designers, and all those who contributed to the preparation and publication of the book. I hope you will read the book as a useful resource.