Antioxidant Defense in Mitigating Abiotic Stresses in Plants: Mechanisms, Innovations, and Applications
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "ROS, RNS and RSS".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2026 | Viewed by 14
Special Issue Editor
2. Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: plant physiology; abiotic stress; climate change; high throughput sequencing; photosynthesis; noncoding RNAs
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Dear Colleagues,
Abiotic stresses—such as heat, cold, drought, salinity, and heavy metal toxicity—pose significant threats to global agricultural productivity and ecosystem stability. A critical line of defense against these challenges lies in the antioxidant systems of plants, which neutralize reactive oxygen species (ROS) and maintain redox homeostasis under stress conditions.
This Special Issue aims to collate cutting-edge research and reviews that unravel the multifaceted roles of antioxidant defense mechanisms in plant stress tolerance, from molecular regulation to field-level applications. We invite contributions addressing (but not limited to) the following topics:
- ROS signaling and antioxidant crosstalk: Spatiotemporal dynamics of enzymatic (SOD, CAT, APX, and GR) and non-enzymatic (glutathione, carotenoids, and ascorbate) antioxidants under various abiotic stresses.
- Emerging regulatory networks: Epigenetic, post-translational, and hormonal regulation of antioxidant pathways.
- Technological breakthroughs: Omics-driven discovery of novel antioxidant genes, CRISPR-based engineering of antioxidant capacity, etc.
Submissions may include original research articles, reviews, method developments, and perspectives. Interdisciplinary studies integrating biochemistry, genomics, and bioinformatics are particularly encouraged.
Dr. Rong Zhou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- antioxidant systems
- reactive oxygen species
- plant stress tolerance
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