Abiotic Stress in Plants: Physiological and Molecular Responses
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 47
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant stress response
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Dear Colleagues,
As the global climate continues to change, plants are increasingly exposed to adverse environmental conditions that negatively affect their growth and development, ultimately reducing productivity. Today, plants often have to cope with extreme temperatures, water shortages, floods, environmental salinity, or UV radiation. Equally important are the detrimental effects associated with environmental pollution from heavy metals and herbicides. When exposed to abiotic stress factors, plants activate a number of physiological and molecular responses that enable them to survive under these harsh conditions.
This Special Issue aims to bring together the latest advances in understanding plant responses to abiotic stress factors that have emerged from the implementation of a wide range of approaches, from whole-plant physiological studies to molecular approaches dealing with stress perception mechanisms, stress-triggered signaling pathways, and downstream transcriptomic and metabolomic responses. All types of articles, such as original research, opinion pieces, and reviews, are welcome.
Dr. Edyta Zdunek-Zastocka
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cold
- drought
- gene expression
- heat
- heavy metals
- oxidative stress
- salinity
- stress tolerance
- stress perception
- stress signaling
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