Plant Stress Biology
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: 30 December 2025 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant metabolism; abiotic stresses; biotic stresses
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to invite researchers to contribute to the Special Issue on “Plant Stress Biology”. This initiative seeks to advance our understanding of how plants perceive, respond to, and recover from diverse environmental and biotic stresses, which are escalating due to climate change, land degradation, and pathogen evolution.
Plant stress biology is a critical frontier in ensuring food security and ecological sustainability. This issue will highlight cutting-edge research on abiotic stresses (e.g., drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, heavy metals) and biotic challenges (e.g., pathogens, pests, invasive species), with a focus on molecular, physiological, and ecological mechanisms. Submissions may explore topics such as stress-signaling networks, epigenetic regulation, genome editing (e.g., CRISPR-based resilience engineering), microbiome interactions, and innovative phenotyping technologies. We particularly welcome studies integrating multi-omics approaches or synthetic biology to decode plant stress responses.
Join us in shaping a resilient future—submit your groundbreaking work and collaborate to turn stress biology insights into transformative tools for agriculture and ecosystems worldwide.
Dr. Rui Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- biotic stress
- stress response mechanisms
- oxidative stress
- phytohormones signaling
- stress tolerance
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