Physiological and Biochemical Responses to Abiotic Stress in Cereal and Pseudocereal Crops
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 December 2025 | Viewed by 36
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); chlorophyll a fluorescence; fagopyrins; in vitro plant culture; LED light spectra; mass spectrometry; plant metabolism; yield improvement in buckwheat
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Abiotic stress factors such as drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, and light intensity are among the major limitations to global crop productivity. Cereal crops like wheat, rice, and maize—along with pseudocereals such as buckwheat and quinoa—are essential for food security and human nutrition. Understanding how these species respond at physiological and biochemical levels to environmental stressors is critical for developing resilient, high-yielding cultivars. Over the past few decades, advances in plant physiology, molecular biology, and stress signaling have significantly enriched our knowledge of plant adaptation mechanisms.
This Special Issue aims to bring together recent findings on how cereal and pseudocereal crops respond to abiotic stress at multiple levels—from whole-plant physiology to cellular and molecular biochemistry. We especially welcome contributions that explore novel mechanisms, adaptive traits, and the interplay between stress factors and plant metabolism.
We invite original research articles, reviews, and short communications that address cutting-edge topics such as antioxidant responses, stress signaling pathways, omics-based insights, and breeding strategies for stress tolerance. Submissions focusing on pseudocereals are especially encouraged.
Dr. Marta Hornyák
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- antioxidant properties
- biochemical responses
- cereal crops
- nutritional value
- pseudocereals
- physiological responses
- stress tolerance
- plant adaptation
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