Plant Biostimulants in Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Sustainable Crop Production Under Climate Change
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 116
Editors
Interests: agronomic performance; sustainable agriculture; plant ecophysiology; plant abiotic stress responses; biostimulants and plant protectors; climate change adaptation and mitigation measures; cover crops; soil management; water and nutrient-use efficiency
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Interests: plant stress biology; yield biology; water and nutrient-use efficiency; adaptive variability of plant genotypes; phenotypic response to management; plant–soil interactions; canopy architecture and photosynthesis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As climate change continues to intensify the frequency and severity of abiotic stresses, including drought, salinity, extreme temperatures and nutrient limitations, a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying crop resilience and adaptive responses has become increasingly important. Within this context, plant biostimulants have emerged as a rapidly advancing research area, offering new opportunities for sustainable crop production under challenging environmental conditions. Growing attention is being paid to their capacity to influence signalling pathways, metabolic and redox homeostasis, photosynthetic performance and the complex interactions between plants and their surrounding environment. Particularly compelling are studies that unravel the physiological, biochemical and molecular processes governing plant responses to biostimulant applications, thereby providing novel insights into the regulation of stress tolerance. This Special Issue aims to bring together high-quality contributions that advance our mechanistic understanding of plant function under environmental constraints and illuminate emerging concepts shaping the future of this dynamic field.
Dr. Carlos M. Correia
Guest Editor
Dr. Rafał Nowak
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- plant biostimulants
- abiotic stress tolerance
- climate change adaptation
- plant physiological responses
- biochemical signalling
- molecular mechanisms
- sustainable crop production
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