Metabolomics to Elucidate the Metabolic Mechanisms of Plant Responses to Variable Environmental Stresses

Dear Colleagues,

Plants are routinely exposed to abiotic/biotic stress factors, and, as sessile organisms, must develop different strategies to cope with this multitude of natural environmental conditions. Mass spectrometry (MS)-based analytical tools are the most widely used in plant metabolomics applications to investigate the molecular and biochemical mechanisms that underlie plant responses to changing environments.

This Special Issue of Metabolites "Metabolomics to Elucidate the Metabolic Mechanisms of Plant Responses to Variable Environmental Stresses" invites manuscripts on such mechanisms in flexible aspects of plant biology. Ultimately, the knowledge provided would facilitate our understanding of how environmental stresses, single or combined, activate and coordinate different metabolic pathways to ensure plant adaptation and survival. Manuscripts on novel plant sample preparation techniques, MS-based analytical methods to identify/quantify key signaling metabolites, as well as bioinformatics tools and other technical improvements, are welcome in this Special Issue.

Dr. Carla António
Guest Editor

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