The Impact of Stress Conditions on Crop Quality

Dear Colleagues,

Food security and obtaining quality crops are major challenges in the current context of population growth and global climate change. Plant species are increasingly affected by biotic and abiotic stressors, with a direct negative impact on the level of production and its quality. From this point of view, it is essential to better understand the stressors we face, namely the physiological, biochemical, and molecular reactions of plants and the impacts on crop quality, in order to ensure sustainable and long lasting agricultural systems. The accumulation of this knowledge will allow for the development and implementation of strategies aimed at improving stress tolerance and increasing productivity and crop quality.

This Special Issue of Plants aims to obtain and provide valuable information about the following:

• The mode of action of the main stressors (biotic and/or abiotic) acting on plants (cultivated and/or spontaneous);
• Measures to counteract the effects of stress through physiological mechanisms and/or technological measures;
• Assessing the impact of stressors on productivity, especially on crop quality.

We will especially appreciate those manuscripts that provide valuable scientific contributions on the perception and metabolic reaction of plants to pre- and post-harvest stressors and the interactions between them, highlighting the impact on crop quality, through innovative methodological approaches.

We invite you to join us in contributing to a better understanding of the physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms involved in the reaction of plants to stressors while ensuring stable and quality harvests.

Prof. Dr. Șumălan Radu-Liviu
Prof. Dr. Nicoleta Hadaruga
Guest Editors

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