Molecular, Physiological and Agronomic Responses of Crops to Environmental Stresses: Towards Resilient and Sustainable Production
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant physiology; plant biology; plant ecology; plant architecture; abiotic stress
Interests: crop physiology; plant abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms; whole-canopy gas exchange; mitigation of crop abiotic stress; photochemical performance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, environmental stresses represent the main constraints for agriculture, affecting plant growth, physiology, and crop productivity worldwide.
Given the increasing challenges imposed by climate change, this Special Issue aims to provide insights that contribute to sustainable agriculture and global food security. This Special Issue will focus on crop responses related to plant resilience under actual and projected environmental constraints. We are open to all aspects of the responses and mechanisms of plant resilience to abiotic stresses (as are drought, flooding, extreme temperatures, salinity, nutrient deficiencies, high radiation, shade, UV radiation, ozone, etc.). Submissions addressing model species, major crops, and underutilized species relevant to local or global agriculture are all welcome. Contributions of physiological, biochemical, molecular and agronomical studies about crop responses to abiotic stresses will be welcomed. Integrative approaches combining omics, phenotyping, genome editing, and computational modeling to understand and improve crop resilience are also encouraged.
This Special Issue aims to bring together a collection of original research, reviews, and opinion articles that highlight recent advances obtained about genotype–phenotype association studies to select more resilient and/or productive varieties; metabolomics approaches to characterize biochemical responses and pathways of stress responses; architectural studies of ideotypes resilient to stress; molecular traceability studies to ensure crop yields and quality; and molecular and physiological responses under sustainable methods of agricultural production.
Dr. Miroslava Rakocevic
Prof. Dr. Weverton Pereira Rodrigues
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental stresses
- climate change
- plant growth
- crop productivity
- crop resilience
- sustainable production
- food security
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