Photosynthesis and Stress Signaling
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: closed (20 January 2026) | Viewed by 1774
Editor
Interests: stress signaling; chloroplast; reactive oxygen species; singlet oxygen; oxidative stress; phosphate deficiency; ethylene; jasmonate acid
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Dear Colleagues,
Photosynthesis performed in the chloroplasts of green plants is inarguably one of the most important biological processes on earth. However, land plants constantly suffer from multiple unfavorable or even adverse environmental conditions (e.g., intense light, drought, low/high temperature, nutrient limitation, pathogen infection) that eventually disturb photosynthesis. Meanwhile, chloroplasts sense environmental fluctuations and transmit a signal to the nucleus via a process known as retrograde signaling to cope with unfavorable conditions. This Special Issue focuses on elucidating the underlying mechanism that explains how environmental stress factors affect photosynthesis and the role of chloroplasts in sensing stress and transmitting stress signals. We welcome all types of submissions related to photosynthesis.
Prof. Dr. Liangsheng Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photosynthesis
- chloroplasts
- stress
- signaling
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