Special Issue "Managing Stress Adaptation in Wheat Crops: From Genes to Fields"

Dear Colleagues,

Abiotic stresses such as heat, drought, waterlogging, salinity, UV radiation, mineral deficiency and heavy metal accumulation are major constraints to wheat productivity and quality. Given the availability of big “omics” data, the identification of gene networks underlying plant response to environmental stimuli, and their exploitation via biotechnological approaches, is crucial to develop efficient and durable stress-tolerant varieties. This Special Issue aims to collect the most recent advances in basic and applied research on abiotic stress adaptation of durum and common wheat, coping with the challenge of improving yield, quality, and food security in a changing climate. Manuscripts on both conventional and NBTs will be accepted, hopefully highlighting the impacts of stress mitigation strategies on field growth and sustainability. Recent developments in high-throughput phenotyping tools will also be included among the topics of this Special Issue topics, as essential tools for improving the inheritance of stress-resistance traits. Both reviews and original research papers will be evaluated for publication.

Dr. Angelica Giancaspro
Dr. Michela Janni
Guest Editors

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• wheat
• abiotic stress
• adaptation
• resistance
• stress phenotyping