Strategies for Enhancing Horticultural Plant Tolerance to Environmental Stress
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Biotic and Abiotic Stress".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2026 | Viewed by 2001
Editors
Interests: soil; plant nutrition; plant physiology; abiotic stress tolerance; water stress; potato
Interests: crop model; plant phenotyping; UAV; proximal remote sensing; precision agriculture; remote sensing; nutrient management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Horticultural plants play an indispensable role in sustaining food diversity and promoting human health. However, varied environmental stresses are increasingly threatening their cultivation and availability on people’s dining tables. Both abiotic stresses (e.g., drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, and nutrient deficiency) and biotic stresses caused by various pathogens frequently lead to severe declines in crop yield and quality. With the advancement of precision diagnosis and integrated management technologies in modern agriculture, coupled with cutting-edge molecular biology techniques, it has become feasible to maintain or even improve the yield and quality of horticultural plants under adverse environmental conditions. This proposed Special Issue will showcase novel methods and state-of-the-art technologies, with a specific focus on strategies used for enhancing environmental stress tolerance in horticultural plants.
Prof. Dr. Liguo Jia
Dr. Jiangang Liu
Prof. Dr. Xueyan Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- stress tolerance
- drought
- salinity
- low temperatures
- nutrient deficiency
- disease
- horticultural plants
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