Physiological, Genetic, and Molecular Strategies for Forage Grass Adaptation to Climate Change and Abiotic Stresses
A Special Issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395) belonging to the section "Grassland and Pasture Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 718
Editors
Interests: forage grasses; drought stress; salt stress; mechanism; genetic resources
Interests: grass plants; physiology; molecular mechanism; turf grasses; lawn management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Grasslands represent one of the most widely distributed land types globally, and forage grasses are critical not only for grassland productivity but also for global ecological sustainability. Under climate change, the sustainable development and utilization of grasslands face increasing challenges; therefore, enhancing the adaptability of grasses to climate change and mitigating the impacts of various abiotic stresses have become issues of widespread concern. Research aimed at elucidating the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying stress responses in forage grasses, as well as breeding stress-tolerant cultivars, holds significant value in terms of improving the abiotic stress tolerance of these species.
This Special Issue focuses on the “Physiological, Genetic, and Molecular Strategies for Forage Grass Adaptation to Climate Change and Abiotic Stresses”, and welcomes original research, reviews, and perspective articles covering all aspects of the responses and tolerance mechanisms of grasses to various abiotic stresses, including drought, salinity, heat, cold, waterlogging, nutrient deficiency, heavy metals, and others. Studies considered within the scope of this Special Issue will cover the physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses of grasses to abiotic stresses; the identification and functional characterization of stress-responsive genes; the breeding of stress-tolerant varieties; marker-assisted selection of stress-tolerant genotypes; and genetic engineering and other biotechnological approaches for enhancing stress tolerance.
Prof. Dr. Tao Qin
Prof. Dr. Zhou Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- grass
- abiotic stresses
- drought
- salinity
- heat
- cold
- waterlogging
- nutrient deficiency
- heavy metals
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