Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Stress Tolerance: New Insights and Applications
A Special Issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747) belonging to the section "Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2027 | Viewed by 749
Editor
Interests: transcription factors in abiotic stress (cold, drought, salt, etc.) and response of fruit
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants are frequently exposed to variable environmental stresses during their growth and development, which can be classified as either biological or abiotic stress. Abiotic stress, such as cold, drought, salt, heat, and nutrient deficiency, adversely affects plant growth, development, and productivity, while biotic stresses, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, insects (beneficial and harmful), weeds, and cultivated or native plants, are a major focus of agricultural research due to the vast economic losses they inflict on cash crops.
Throughout evolution, plants have evolved complex self-regulation mechanisms to adapt to abiotic stress and biotic stresses, in which transcription factors play an irreplaceable role. Further, plant hormones act as signaling compounds that regulate crucial aspects of growth, development, and environmental stress response. They activate a multitude of signaling cascades to elicit a plant’s adaptive responses.
This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for recent advances in understanding plant stress tolerance. We welcome original research articles and reviews addressing, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Stress signal perception and transduction pathways;
- Phytohormone and ROS signaling in stress acclimation;
- Regulation of stress-responsive genes, transcription factors, and epigenetics;
- Physiological adjustments (osmoregulation, antioxidant defense, and photosynthesis);
- Molecular breeding, genome editing, and omics approaches for stress tolerance;
- Cross-talk between abiotic and biotic stress responses.
We believe this Special Issue will be of great value to researchers working to improve plant stress tolerance and to develop climate-resilient crops. We warmly welcome your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Deguo Han
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant stress tolerance
- stress signaling and regulation
- physiological adaptation
- molecular mechanisms
- crop resilience
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