Plants Response to Climate Extremes
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: closed (15 March 2023) | Viewed by 3521
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant ecophysiology; photosynthesis response to environmental stressors; plant stress physiology; oxidative stress and antioxidative system; environmental stressors and chemical stress agents; influence of climate change factors on plants and adaptation possibilities
Interests: weed crop competition; ozone; heavy metals; plant adaptation; oxidative stress; climate change effects on plants
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Interests: climate change effects on crops and forage plants; plant adaptation and responses to environmental stressors
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
One of the most challenging and dangerous manifestations of climate change are extreme climatic events (ECE). Based on IPCC reports, the frequency and intensity of certain extreme weather conditions, such as droughts, heat waves, heavy precipitation, and floods, are projected to increase throughout this century. These events are particularly dangerous for the agricultural sector, reducing the yield and quality of crops and forage grasses. A shift in the biodiversity of natural plant communities is also a growing problem, induced by climate change. Gaps of knowledge exist in the mechanistic understanding of combined or subsequent effects of ECEs on plants and their interaction with pests, the soil microbial community, and competing species. Investigations at different levels, e.g., interplay between plant, community, and ecosystem, cycling of carbon and nutrients, and ecosystem functioning and services, are extremely important.
The aim of this Special Issue on “Plant Responses to Climate Extremes” in Plants is to induce and maintain the discussion within the scientific community of plant ecologists and physiologists about new, relevant, and undiscovered manifestations of ECE effects on pants. It covers a broad scope of topics, including, but not limited to the direct and indirect effects of ECEs on plants, an interplay between ECEs and its complex effects on plants, the mechanism of plants’ adaptation and potential to recover, etc. A wide range of target species are welcome: crops, forage plants, water and wetland plants, herbs, trees, and endangered or invasive species. Scientific, relevant, and original research or reviews can be focused on different organization levels of life, ranging from organelles to the whole ecosystem.
Dr. Giedrė Kacienė
Dr. Irena Januskaitiene
Prof. Dr. Romualdas Juknys
Guest Editors
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