Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants—Second Edition
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 May 2026 | Viewed by 103
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soil water plant relations; abiotic stresses; agronomy; herbaceous crops; quinoa; amaranth
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Abiotic stress is a significant concern due to its effects on plant survival and productivity; it is responsible for significant losses in crop production worldwide. Abiotic stress can be defined as all the negative impacts caused by non-living factors on an organism. These include drought, salinity, low or high temperatures, contamination, and other extreme conditions. Plants have adapted multiple responses to abiotic stress, making it more challenging to counteract than biotic stress. Therefore, more research is needed to understand the mechanisms exploited by different plant species to respond to abiotic stresses at the molecular, cellular, tissue, anatomical, morphological, and physiological levels. This Special Issue of Plants endeavors to collect as much information as possible on the responses of plants to abiotic stress and to propose novel solutions to increase the adaptability of plants to perceived stress.
The first edition can be found at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/plants/special_issues/0MFU839E25.
Dr. Cataldo Pulvento
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drought tolerance
- heat tolerance
- flooding tolerance
- cold tolerance
- soil acidity
- iron toxicity
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