Biological Responses of Plants to Environmental Pollution
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: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 563
Special Issue Editors
Interests: population genetics; conservation genetics; ecology; heavy metal pollution; trees; genetic diversity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental pollution as a consequence of anthropogenic activities has become a global problem. It is mainly classified as air, water, land, noise, thermal, light and plastic pollution. Plants are sensitive and vulnerable to all forms of pollution, and their response can be catergorized into the following: the genetic properties of the plant organism that determine sensitivity or tolerance (constitutive), the possibility of regenerating damage, and the adaptive mechanisms. Taken together, plants interact with pollutants, and cause adverse ecological and economic outcomes. Therefore, the response of plants to pollutants requires further investigation in terms of damage detection, adaptation, tolerance, molecular, genetics and physiological responses.
The aim of this Special Issue, entitled “Biological Responses of Plants to Environmental Pollution”, is to promote interdisciplinary discussions that expand the current state of knowledge on topics related to the response of plants to broadly understood environmental pollution on different organizational levels, from organelles to the whole ecosystem. We welcome the submission of research articles, review and articles.
Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Wojnicka-Półtorak
Prof. Dr. Jarosław Gzyl
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental pollution
- plant responses
- constitutive tolerance
- adaptive mechanisms
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