Molecular Mechanisms and Omics Approaches in Plant Stress Tolerance
A special issue of Current Issues in Molecular Biology (ISSN 1467-3045). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: abiotic and biotic stress; plant defence; drought; heavy metal stress; antioxidants; gene expression; glutathione s-transferase; plant hormones; transgenic plants; transciptome analysis; rice; arabidopsis; confocal microscopy; ICP-MS
Interests: plant physiology; plant stress biology; genomics; transcriptome; bioinformatics; abiotic stress response; plant domestication; bioactive-metabolite biosynthesis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Abiotic and biotic factors play a significant role in influencing plant growth and development, prompting plants to develop mechanisms for stress tolerance. These stresses ranged from drought, salinity, and temperature extremes to pathogen infection and nutrient limitation, triggering intricate molecular responses at morphological, physiological, and molecular levels that determine stress resilience. While substantial progress has been made in identifying stress-responsive genes and pathways, a comprehensive understanding of the molecular mechanisms that coordinate plant defense and adaptation remains incomplete.
The current Special Issue entitled “Molecular Mechanisms and Omics Approaches in Plant Stress Tolerance” aimed to gather research focused on unraveling molecular basis of biotic/abiotic stress perception, signaling, and tolerance in plants utilizing multi-omics approaches. We welcome studies that employ integrative approaches such as transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, epigenomics, and systems biology to decipher regulatory networks underlying stress responses. We especially encourage contributions that investigate gene regulation at multiple levels (transcriptional, post-translational), highlighting candidate genes/proteins characterization through methods such as overexpression, gene silencing, or CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing to improve stress resilience. By bridging classical molecular biology with next-generation omics and biotechnological innovations, this issue seeks to provide new insights into stress adaptation mechanisms with potential applications in crop improvement, resilience breeding, and sustainable agriculture.
Dr. Dipali Srivastava
Dr. Romit Seth
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental stress
- gene regulation
- transcriptomics
- molecular pathways
- stress tolerance
- genetic engineering
- CRISP
- molecular biology
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