Plant Immunity in Signaling Crosstalk between Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce this Special Issue, relating to plant immunity in signaling crosstalk between biotic and abiotic stress responses. As we know, plants will experience many attacks from a fluctuating environment, such as plant pathogens and abiotic factors, which includes light, temperature, water and nutrients. Plants have evolved to have strong immune systems to accommodate adverse conditions; they utilize many cell surface and intracellular immune receptors to sense various immunogenic signals associated with pathogen infection and subsequently activate their defenses. The beneficial microorganisms also play an important role in plant adaptation to adverse environmental factors. Therefore, studying the molecular basis of plant–microbial–environment interaction will have profound significance in plant science. In addition, as individual stress signaling pathways have progressed, recent studies have begun to reveal the molecular crosstalk between biotic and abiotic stress responses and the regulatory mechanisms in integrating stress responses.

Finally, this Special Issue will consider papers from signaling pathways of the plant defense response to biotic and abiotic stress, environmental effects on plant immunity, molecular mechanisms of plant immunity, and plant and beneficial microorganisms interactions.

Dr. Isabel Velada
Prof. Dr. Juan Carlos Díaz-Ricci
Guest Editors

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