Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plant Stress Tolerance

Dear Colleagues,

Plants in the natural environment are constantly challenged by changes in the environment, including abiotic and biotic stresses. Abiotic stresses such as drought, salt, heat, cold, and nutrient deficiency adversely affect plant growth, development, and productivity. Biotic stress, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, beneficial and harmful insects, weeds, and cultivated or native plants, is a major focus of agricultural research due to the vast economic losses caused to cash crops. Plants have evolved a series of regulatory mechanisms to cope with stress in the process of adapting to abiotic or biotic stress. Studying the regulatory mechanisms of plant stress tolerance to adversity is beneficial in selecting excellent resistant varieties.

This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for research on the physiology and molecular biology of plant stress tolerance. We believe that this Special Issue will be helpful to researchers and to the improvement of plants’ tolerance to stresses in the future. We welcome your submission of original papers and reviews containing molecular results.

This Special Issue is supervised by Prof. Dr. Deguo Han and assisted by our Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Xingguo Li (College of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China).

Prof. Dr. De-Guo Han
Guest Editor

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• plant–pathogen interactions
• biotic and abiotic stress
• plant innate immunity
• phytohormones
• genes