The Impacts of Abiotic Stresses on Plant Development 2.0
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: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 21979
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Interests: physiology; plant microbe interaction; carbon metabolism
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Dear Colleagues,
Plants are continuously at risk of being exposed to less-than-optimal conditions and have developed a set of mechanisms to cope with environmental constraints. The types of constraints that have to be faced are of biological origin (bacteria, fungi, herbivory) or nonbiological nature. In the latter group, we find constraints such as flooding, drought, cold, freezing, heat, exposure to toxic compounds, and deficiencies in nutriments. Both biotic and abiotic stresses limit plants’ development and may impact crop quality. Climate change (CC) will result in higher average temperatures, changes in rainfall patterns, and more frequent extreme events, multiplying the threats to plant development and growth. There is a general agreement that plant cultivation will for the most part be negatively affected by CC. This Special Issue of Plants will thus present research on the impacts of abiotic stresses, namely due to climate change, which can cause negative effects on plant growth and development. Studies focusing on environmental stress perception, signaling, and mechanistic response at the cellular, biochemical, physiological, tissue, organ, or whole-plant level are welcome.
Dr. Cédric Jacquard
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- climate change
- plant stress perception
- plant defense mechanisms
- plant adaptive responses
- environmental stress
- heat stress
- cold stress
- drought
- salinity
- CO2
- air pollution
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