Special Issue "Climate Change and Food Systems"

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Climate Change and Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Helena Moreira
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal
Interests: Effects of bioinoculants (mycorrhizal fungi, rhizobacteria, and endophytic bacteria) on plant growth and resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses; development of new formulations and delivery systems of bioinoculants; plant–microbe interactions; microbial-assisted phytomanagement; soil reclamation and restoration; phytotechnology; effects of climate change and related abiotic stresses on plant growth and development;
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Dr. Sofia Isabel Almeida Pereira
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Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF), Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
Interests: environmental biotechnology; phytoremediation; phytomanagement; microbial-assisted phytotechnological approaches; plant–microbe interactions; soil fertility; development of bioinoculant formulations; effects of climate change and related abiotic stresses on plant growth and development
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Dr. Pedro Humberto Castro
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CIBIO, InBIO - Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
Interests: molecular mechanisms responsible for environmental stress responses and tolerance in plants; environmental perception and signaling pathways; plant nutrition and nutrient homeostasis; biofortification; gene network analysis; transcriptomics; posttranslational modifications; tomato biodiversity

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change is an unavoidable and prevailing issue that hinders the world’s agricultural production and influences food quality and human health. The increase of abiotic (e.g., drought, salinity, flooding, frost, high temperature) and biotic stresses (e.g., phytopathogen emergence or outbreaks) hampers plants’ yields and soil functions, which threatens the supply of food and other soils’ life-supporting services for human populations. Therefore, farmers and researchers are willing to adopt/develop sustainable strategies to cope with climate change and ensure crop productivity, quality, and soil health. Such strategies include the use of underexploited plant species or improved breeds, the application of biostimulants/bioinoculants, and the use of agronomic practices (e.g., crop rotations and crop diversification) that foster biodiversity in agroecosystems. This will further contribute to mitigate the overuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, which increase environmental degradation and affects food security and water resources. Demonstrating the effectiveness of sustainable agricultural practices under distinct stressful scenarios is required to support a wider, faster, and more efficient implementation of such mitigation strategies by farmers to promote yields and food quality. Likewise, understanding which mechanisms and gene networks are involved in plants’ stress response is a cornerstone to enlighten future paths in the selection of the most suitable and resilient cultivars for crop production.

This Special Issue intends to compile state-of-the-art research on sustainable approaches to enhance crops’ performance with impacts on food quality, soil functions, and human health under climate change. Studies quantifying the effect on, e.g., plants’ biometric, nutritional content, biochemical and physiological parameters, stress signaling and response, gene networks, soil ecosystem services, pest defense, and microbiome are most welcome.

Dr. Sofia Pereira
Dr. Helena Moreira
Dr. Pedro Humberto Castro
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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Keywords

  • bioinocula
  • biostimulants
  • biodfertilizers
  • plant breeding
  • plant genetic diversity
  • biotic and abiotic stresses
  • crop yield, nutritional content and quality
  • food security
  • human health
  • omics technologies
  • agronomic practices
  • soil health
  • ecosystems services
  • plant microbiome

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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