Research Advances in Horticultural Crop Physiology and Stress

Dear Colleagues,

The stress of horticultural crops includes a wide range of biotic and abiotic stresses. Whether these be annual adversity (such as dormancy) or sudden adversity (such as bug bites, water flooding), horticultural crops have developed a series of corresponding physiological mechanisms. Previous studies have mainly focused on the short-term effects of a single stressor on crops and the corresponding cultivation techniques. In recent years, the rapid development of phenotyping has provided a sustainable and non-destructive method for long-term or compound stresses. There are also many molecular studies pointing out that crops have immune-related genes that can improve the resistance to stress. Many studies have also pointed out that volatile organic compounds are used in plant communication for adversity states. This basic research will help us understand the physiology of horticultural crops in the face of stresses, and it is also very important for the development of corresponding innovative cultivation techniques in the future.

This Special Issue will focus on “Advances in Horticultural Crop Physiology and Stress”. We welcome novel research, reviews, and opinion pieces covering all related topics indicated above on how we can apply new technology (such as phenotyping, genotyping, CRISPR, and real-time volatile organic compounds monitoring) to study the physiological performance of horticultural crops under stress, how horticultural crops prepare for or communicate coming stress, and how we can improve stress tolerance.

Dr. Po-An Chen
Dr. Hisayo Yamane
Guest Editors

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