Cellular and Molecular Responses to Abiotic and Biotic Stress in Plants
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant, Algae and Fungi Cell Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 125
Editor
Interests: abiotic stress; biotic stress; plant; genomics; nitrogen fixation; cereal crop; plant development
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Dear Colleagues,
Plants are continuously exposed to a range of abiotic and biotic stresses, such as drought, salinity, heat, cold, nutrient deficiency, pathogens, and insect attack. These stresses have a strong effect on plant growth, development, productivity, and survival. Under natural as well as agricultural conditions, plants often face more than one stress at the same time, making their responses highly complex. These responses involve changes at the cellular, physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels.
Over the years, significant progress has been made in understanding how plants perceive stress, transmit signals, regulate gene expression, and activate defense and adaptation mechanisms. It is also becoming increasingly clear that abiotic and biotic stress responses are closely linked, and that this interaction plays an important role in determining plant performance under changing environments.
This Special Issue aims to bring together recent advances in the study of abiotic and biotic stress responses in plants. We welcome original research articles, reviews, and perspectives focusing on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying plant stress responses. Topics may include stress signaling, gene regulation, plant immunity, stress physiology, redox regulation, hormone-mediated responses, plant–microbe interactions, and biotechnological approaches to improve stress tolerance in plants.
Dr. Akhilesh Yadav
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- biotic stress
- plants
- stress signaling
- plant immunity
- gene regulation
- plant–microbe interactions
- stress physiology
- genomics
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