Advancing Mycorrhizal Research for Promoting Plant Growth Under Abiotic Stress
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 July 2025 | Viewed by 90
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant tolerance to stress; plant symbiosis; plant epigenetics
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Interests: plant morphogenesis (adventitious rooting and somatic embryogenesis); in vitro plant propagation; abiotic stress response (transcriptomic/proteomic approach); plant breeding (marker-assisted selection)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
During growth, plants often face a range of abiotic stresses that severely impede their development and disturb normal physiological and biochemical functions. The ongoing global environmental changes have intensified these challenges, including extreme temperatures, drought, nutrient deficiencies, and waterlogging. Mycorrhizal symbiosis—a mutualistic relationship between plant roots and soil mycorrhizal fungi—plays a vital role in improving plant nutrition, enhancing stress tolerance, and supporting overall adaptation to changing environmental conditions, particularly in the face of climate change. In this context, it is urgent to pay more attention to the role of mycorrhizal fungi as modulators of plant growth and development in responses to multiple stresses, both in agricultural and natural ecosystem contexts.
This Special Issue aims to gather knowledge on the role of mycorrhizal symbioses in enhancing plant stress tolerance, supporting growth, and improving resilience in the face of global climate changes. Advances in understanding the genetic, epigenetic, biochemical, physiological, and cellular mechanisms driving plant–mycorrhizal interactions offer valuable insights into how plants adapt to environmental stresses. Continued investigation is crucial for developing a comprehensive regulatory framework to better understand these stress responses and apply this knowledge to practical solutions. The primary focus of this Special Issue is to examine the role of plant-mycorrhizal symbiosis in mitigating the adverse impacts of current climate change. Contributions in the form of original research, reviews, methods, perspectives, and opinion articles are encouraged.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Papers dealing with the effects of multiple stress agents on mycorrhizal plants’ functioning.
- The effect of extreme stress events, such as heat waves or waterlogging, in mycorrhizal plants.
- Molecular mechanisms regarding mycorrhizal fungi roles in plant stress resistance, especially based on omics analysis.
- Biochemical and metabolomic responses of plants to environmental stresses triggered by mycorrhizal interaction.
- Cellular and morphological responses of mycorrhizal plants to abiotic stress.
Dr. Catarina Campos
Dr. Hélia Cardoso
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant-mycorrhizal symbiosis
- climate changes
- environmental stress
- plant stress-tolerance
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