Adaptation of Crops to the Environment under Climate Change: Physiological and Agronomic Strategies—Volume III

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change is a major threat to food production worldwide. Rain patterns and temperature are changing in many production areas, affecting yields and diseases, which, in turn, affect different crops. Developing strategies to cope with this new scenario is a major challenge for 21st century agronomy. This ambitious objective cannot be undertaken with a single strategy; solutions may come from biotechnology, microbiology, ecophysiology, engineering, and organic farming. In this issue, we want to compile papers related to the adaptation of crops to climate change, accepting papers from different areas and disciplines that are focused on the aforementioned objective. We are also interested in novel technologies, such as CRISPR/Cas9 or new breeding techniques with high potential for use in the development of novel and improved crops, able to maintain yield levels under the novel conditions imposed by climate change.

For this Special Issue, we welcome papers related to the following topics:

• Biotechnological improvement of crops to enhance adaptation to climate change;
• Use of biostimulants, PGPR, or mycorrhizal fungi to improve crop adaptation to climate change;
• Field studies under new conditions imposed by climate change;
• Organic farming strategies to adapt crops to climate change;
• Ecophysiological studies of crop plants under abiotic stress conditions;
• Metabolic engineering of phytohormones for abiotic stress tolerance.

Dr. Rosa Porcel
Guest Editor

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• abiotic stress
• climate change
• PGPR
• biostimulant
• mycorrhizal
• stress tolerance

• Adaptation of Crops to the Environment under Climate Change: Physiological and Agronomic Strategies — Volume II in Agronomy (11 articles)