Systems-Level Understanding of Plant Adaptation to Abiotic Stress: Physiological and Biochemical Perspectives
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: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 27
Special Issue Editors
Interests: acclimatization to drought; signaling under stress; the physiological and biochemical response of the plant to stress
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Interests: potato breeding; abiotic stress tolerance; root system assessment; cultivar tolerance evaluation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, and deficiencies of mineral nutrients are among the major environmental factors limiting the growth and productivity of plants. A comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms underlying stress perception, signal transduction, and adaptation requires an integrated systems-level approach encompassing molecular, biochemical, and physiological scales.
We invite the submission of original research articles and review papers addressing, among others, changes in the transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome, as well as the regulation of hormonal signaling pathways, with particular emphasis on abscisic acid, cytokinins, ethylene, auxins, and jasmonates.
Special attention will be given to studies employing multi-omics approaches and integrating experimental data with bioinformatic analyses and regulatory network modeling. We are also interested in contributions identifying key molecular regulators, such as transcription factors, kinases, and signaling proteins, that determine plant stress adaptation and may serve as targets for biotechnological and breeding strategies to enhance stress tolerance.
We encourage collaboration among researchers across disciplines—from plant molecular biology and stress physiology to bioinformatics and genetic engineering. We believe integrative, cross-scale approaches will contribute to the development of stress-resilient plants, supporting the advancement of sustainable agriculture in the face of global climate change.
Dr. Małgorzata Nykiel
Dr. Dominika Boguszewska-Mańkowska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- stress tolerance
- transcriptomics
- proteomics
- metabolomics
- hormonal regulation
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