Recent Advances in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants: An Integrative Approach

Dear Colleagues,

Abiotic stresses such as drought, heat, and saline stresses are the main constraints for plants and crop production worldwide. Due to global climate change, the intensity of extreme abiotic stress events of drought, extreme temperatures (abrupt heat stress), and salinity are expected to be more frequent. These stress conditions adversely affect crop quality, decreasing the rate of photosynthesis and nutrient uptake and ultimately reducing the yield. Responses of plants to these stresses have been extensively studied; however, much needs to be done in order to achieve stress-tolerant crop cultivars. Recent advancements in ‘omic’ approaches and molecular-marker-based studies are giving more insight into stress tolerance in plants, which is critical in improving stress tolerance in crops and global crop quality. Further, the involvement of small organelles such as peroxisomes in abiotic stress tolerance has long been ignored and needs to be considered.

This Special Issue of Plants highlights the plant response to the mechanisms of drought, heat, and saline stress tolerance in plants. Scientists from all over the world are invited to submit original research articles with high novelty and hypothesis-driven results or review articles on abiotic stress tolerance focusing on drought, heat, and salt stress tolerance in plants. 

Dr. Sasmita Mishra
Dr. Brian W. Teasdale
Guest Editors

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