The Plant–Climate Nexus: Bioremediation and Management Strategies for a Sustainable Future
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: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 36
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Interests: bioremediation; environmental pollution; soil pollution; soil bioengineering; toxic ions; sustainable agriculture
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Interests: microbial ecology; integrated management of biotic and abiotic stresses; environmental microbiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The plant–climate nexus offers powerful, nature-based pathways towards a sustainable future. Climate change affects crop productivity and reduces essential mineral nutrients in plant-based foods due to increased levels of CO2 in the atmospheric environment. The loss of genetic diversity reduces the availability of genetic variation that allows us to breed crops to withstand climate change, and it also reduces a variety of crop plants to provide a healthy diet. Bioremediation that harnesses the natural metabolic processes of plants (phytoremediation) and their associated microbes presents a cost-effective, ecologically sound strategy to detoxify pollutants, restoring ecosystem health.
This Special Issue explores the critical, bidirectional relationship between plants and climate change. Plants are profoundly impacted by climate change, but also play a major role in mitigating it and adapting to its effects, primarily through bioremediation and strategic ecosystem management. However, realizing the full potential of this nexus requires deliberate management strategies.
Dr. Krishan K. Verma
Dr. Renato De Mello Prado
Dr. Hassan Etesami
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant–climate nexus
- bioremediation
- management strategies
- phytoremediation
- bioaugmentation
- regenerative agriculture
- carbon sequestration
- climate resilience
- climate-smart agriculture
- nanotechnology in bioremediation
- genetic engineering of microbes
- circular economy in agriculture
- sustainable futures
- heavy metal contamination
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