Crop Adaptation to Adverse Stress Conditions

Dear Colleagues,

During growth, crops frequently encounter adversity threats, such as drought, high temperatures, and salinity, which have significantly hindered their development, yield, and quality. In order to address the impacts of present and future climate change, it is imperative to enhance the stress resistance of crops. Numerous studies have been conducted on plant stress regulation, revealing that plants have evolved intricate stress response mechanisms. Transcription factors, miRNAs, and DNA methylation play pivotal roles in regulating the expression of key functional genes, activating specific stress response signaling pathways in plants, and bolstering their adaptability to harsh environments. Gene editing technology has made it increasingly easier to artificially modify crop genomes, laying the foundation for the next step in crop stress-resistant breeding. However, there is still much to uncover in this field.

This Special Issue invites a wide range of research on crop stress regulation, encompassing key functional genes, transcription factors, methylation regulation, and small RNA regulation. The aim is to delve into how crops adapt to stresses such as drought, high temperatures, and salinity and explore the epigenetic regulation of crop stress. Various molecular biology and genetic techniques will be employed to better understand these processes.

Prof. Dr. Xiaojun Hu
Dr. Shuxin Zhang
Prof. Dr. Fangpu Han
Guest Editors

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