Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Responses in Plants: Hormonal Regulation and Multi-Omics Insights Under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editors
Interests: abiotic stress; biotic stress; drought; horticulture crops; fruit quality; secondary metabolites; phenolic compounds; antioxidants
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Interests: gene expression; metabolic pathways; functional genomics; plant hormone; abiotic stress
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Oxidative stress and the corresponding antioxidative responses are central components of plant adaptation to both abiotic and biotic stress. The accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) can disrupt cellular homeostasis, but plants activate sophisticated antioxidative defense systems and complex signaling networks, often mediated by phytohormones, to mitigate damage and enhance stress resilience. Understanding the interplay between oxidative stress, antioxidative mechanisms, and hormonal regulation is crucial for developing climate-resilient crops.
This Special Issue aims to explore the molecular, physiological, and biochemical bases of oxidative stress and antioxidative responses in plants, with emphasis on hormonal signaling and multi-omics approaches—including transcriptomics, metabolomics, proteomics, and genomics. We welcome original research and reviews addressing themes including, but not limited to, the following:
- Hormonal regulation (e.g., ABA, JA, SA, ethylene) of antioxidative pathways under drought, salinity, heat, cold, pathogen attack, or herbivory stress;
- Antioxidant metabolism, enzyme activity, and redox homeostasis in response to combined stresses;
- Multi-omics insights into oxidative stress adaptation and antioxidative response networks;
- Genetic and epigenetic control of antioxidative defense systems;
- Engineering antioxidative capacity for improved crop tolerance and yield;
- Crosstalk between ROS signaling, hormonal networks, and stress priming.
Dr. Muhammad Junaid Rao
Prof. Dr. Bingsong Zheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oxidative stress
- antioxidative responses
- hormonal regulation
- abiotic stress
- biotic stress
- multi-omics
- signal transduction
- stress resilience
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