Plant-Water Relations in Responses to Environmental Stresses
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 3039
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant water relations; mycorrhizal associations; aquaporins; hormonal signaling; soil abiotic stress
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Interests: tree physiology; mycorrhizal ecology; ecological restoration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ability of plants to maintain a fine water balance when facing different environmental stresses is critical to ensuring their survival, growth, and productivity. Maintenance of the water soil–plant–atmosphere continuum involves well-orchestrated multi-level plant responses ranging from molecules to a whole plant. Stomatal regulation of water transport and the regulation of tissue hydraulic conductivity by aquaporins have been widely studied as the key factors involved in maintaining plant water balance under stress. However, many aspects of water relations in plants exposed to environmental stresses remain poorly understood. This Special Issue aims at covering different aspects of water transport in plants under stress, such as the control of transpiration, root water uptake and xylem transport, regulation of cell turgor, aquaporin function, root architecture, regulation of hormonal pathways, and stress signaling molecules.
Dr. Monica Calvo Polanco
Prof. Dr. Janusz Zwiazek
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant stress resistance
- root water uptake
- aquaporins
- endodermal barriers
- root architecture
- hormonal regulation
- transpiration regulation
- photosynthesis
- cell turgor
- signaling molecules
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