Integrative Perspectives on Plant Signaling Pathways: From Growth Regulation to Stress Resilience and Adaptive 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 December 2026 | Viewed by 700
Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant signaling pathways that coordinate growth, development, and stress resilience are pivotal to plant productivity and adaptation, especially under the increasing challenges of climate change and environmental variability. These pathways integrate molecular, hormonal, and peptide-mediated networks to regulate growth while enabling adaptive responses to stress. This Special Issue will highlight mechanistic, integrative, and translational studies that advance our understanding of the cross-talk between growth regulation and stress adaptation, providing strategies to enhance plant resilience without compromising productivity. Contributions may include experimental research, genome-wide and omics-based analyses, computational modeling, and applied approaches linking signaling mechanisms to crop improvement and sustainable agriculture.
Dr. Iqbal Hussain is the Guest Editor Assistant, who will help manage this Special Issue.
Dr. Raheel Munir
Guest Editor
Dr. Iqbal Hussain
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- plant signaling
- hormonal regulation
- plant growth and development
- plant-peptide signal transduction
- abiotic/biotic stress resilience
- omics
- molecular mechanisms
- crop improvement
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