Abiotic Stress in Plants, 2nd Edition
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: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 429
Special Issue Editor
2. Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: plant genomics; plant stress response; single-cell genomics; gene regulatory network; regulatory mechanism; multi-omics integration; next-generation sequencing; deep learning; bioinformatics; systems biology
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Dear Colleagues,
Plants are subjected to a multitude of environmental challenges, which ultimately impact their growth and development, and consequently affect crop yields. In the initial stages of environmental stress, an uncontrolled production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) results in oxidative stress, which ultimately leads to cell death. To cope with the environmental constraints, plants develop a highly sensitive defence mechanism, which enables them to sense and respond to these constraints via enzymatic and non-enzymatic defence mechanisms, in close collaboration with phytohormones. This Special Issue aims to foster a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying plant responses to abiotic stress. Further research in this field is thus required at the molecular, cellular, physiological, epigenetic, hormonal signalling, morphological, yield and final ecological levels. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) welcomes the latest research contributions on plant responses to abiotic stress and proposals for novel solutions to enhance the adaptability of plants to environmental stress. We particularly welcome bioinformatics studies that integrate multi-omics big data, advanced statistical analysis, and artificial intelligence approaches to decode complex stress-response networks and to develop innovative strategies for improving plant resilience under abiotic stress.
Dr. Xiujun Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- ROS
- redox
- antioxidants
- phytohormones
- ethylene
- plant stress eco-physiology
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