Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Grasses

Dear Colleagues,

Grasses have multiple functions, including landscape establishment, ecological restoration, sports ground construction and forage for livestock. Compared to crop plants, grasses have evolved various mechanisms to adapt to various abiotic stresses, such as drought, salinity, flooding, heat, cold and heavy metals. Elucidating these mechanisms will help us to improve not only abiotic stress tolerance of grasses, but also that of crops.

In this Special Issue, we aim to address the mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance in grasses at physiological, biochemical, molecular, cellular and subcellular levels. Transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic studies are also encouraged. The interactions between grasses and plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria, endophytic bacteria or fungi in terms of abiotic stress tolerance will be emphasized. The sub-topics include: (1) Grass germplasm resource collection and abiotic stress tolerance evaluation; (2) transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic responses of grasses to abiotic stresses; (3) functional characterization of unique genes relevant to stress tolerance in grasses; (4) interactions between grasses and microbes related to tolerance; (5) gene editing and genetic breeding in order to improve abiotic stress tolerance in grasses; Review papers, original research papers and commentary papers are all welcomed.

Prof. Dr. Jinlin Zhang
Prof. Dr. Tao Hu
Guest Editors

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