Bioengineering for Improving the Stress Tolerance of Plants

Dear Colleagues,

Different stresses, exacerbated by human activity, are the primary causes of crop loss worldwide. The molecular mechanism of network cascades involved in stress perception, signal transduction, and the expression of specific stress-related genes and metabolites regulates plant adaptation to environmental stresses.

The present Special Issue focuses on all types of bioengineering research, such as the overexpression or loss of function of specific stress-related genes, or investigations into the function of new and promising stress-related genes and their role in stress perception. Of particular interest for this issue is new research into the role of such natural “bioengineers” as Agrobacterium and its own genes of the transferred DNA. Agrobacterium-transformed plants are known to have some advantages, such as in architectures, productivities and in their tolerance to different types of stress, such as biotitic and abiotic. In addition, advances in new bioengineering methods such as CRISP-Caas9 and related are of high importance in this area.

Dr. Galina N. Veremeichik
Dr. Dmitrii S. Makhazen
Guest Editors

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