Plant Hormones, Development, and 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: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 74
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant–pathogen interaction; spatial resistance; biotic stress; plant defense; plant genetics; plant molecular biology; disease resistance; plant secondary metabolism; molecular breeding
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Dear Colleagues,
Development and stress tolerance are key traits of plants necessary to establish their species-specific and environmental adaptation characteristics. Plant hormones, also known as phytohormones, are chemicals that are involved in plants’ development and stress tolerance. Classic plant hormones are expanded into nine categories such as auxins, ethylene, abscisic acid, gibberellins, cytokinins, salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, strigolactone, and brassinosteroids. They have been broadly involved in the regulation of plant cell processes, either independently or involving crosstalk. This Special Issue, entitled “Plant Hormones, Development, and Stress Tolerance”, aims to collect comprehensive reviews and articles focused on the latest progress on the study of plant development, abiotic and biotic stresses, plant hormone signaling transduction pathways, and their crosstalk. Additionally, any relative topics presenting high-quality findings on plant hormones will be considered as well.
Prof. Dr. Zhaohui Chu
Dr. Wei Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant hormones
- abiotic stress
- auxins
- jasmonic acid
- signal pathway
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