Crop Stress Tolerance: From Molecular Mechanisms to Agronomic Performance
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2027 | Viewed by 130
Editor
Interests: crop ecophysiology; plant stress physiology; abiotic stress; climate change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Crop production is increasingly challenged by diverse abiotic and biotic stresses, including drought, salinity, heat, nutrient imbalance, pathogens, and pests. Improving crop stress tolerance has therefore become a major priority for sustaining agricultural productivity, resource-use efficiency, and food security under changing environments. Recent advances in plant physiology, molecular biology, genetics, and omics-based approaches have greatly expanded our understanding of the mechanisms underlying crop adaptation and resistance to stress. At the same time, there is a growing need to connect these mechanistic insights with agronomic traits, field performance, and practical crop improvement strategies.
This Special Issue aims to highlight recent progress in the study of crop stress tolerance, with particular emphasis on the integration of physiological processes, genetic regulation, molecular signaling, and agronomic performance. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, stress perception and signaling pathways, stress-responsive genes and regulatory networks, phytohormone-mediated responses, redox regulation, source–sink relations, and the use of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and phenotyping tools to identify key mechanisms and targets for crop improvement. Studies addressing the translation of laboratory findings into breeding, cultivation, and stress-management practices are especially welcome.
We invite the submission of original research articles, reviews, and short communications related to the mechanisms, regulation, and agronomic implications of crop responses to abiotic and biotic stresses. This Special Issue seeks to provide a focused platform for advancing both fundamental understanding and applied strategies to enhance crop resilience and agricultural sustainability.
Dr. Liang Fang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- stress signaling
- stress-responsive genes
- regulatory networks
- phytohormones
- redox homeostasis
- omics and phenotyping
- crop improvement
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