Advances in Plant Nutrition Responses and Stress

Dear Colleagues,

As the global population expands and human activities intensify, the Earth experiences a surge in ecological anomalies and extreme climate events. These changes impose various abiotic stresses on plants, including extreme drought, high temperatures, saline–alkali conditions, nutrient imbalances, and heavy metal toxicity. Plant responses to these stresses are multifaceted and intricate, encompassing a spectrum of physiological and molecular mechanisms, from gene expression regulation and transcriptional processes to protein modifications. These processes are intricately linked to plant growth, development, and adaptation to environmental challenges. The rapid advancement of plant physiology, genetics, molecular biology, bioinformatics, and omics technologies, underpinned by large-scale data analysis, provides powerful tools for elucidating plant responses to nutrient and abiotic stresses at both the physiological and molecular levels. This Special Issue aims to obtain the latest research findings through insightful review articles focused on the multifaceted aspects of plant nutrient and abiotic stresses. These studies should concentrate on the mechanisms of uptake and transport, utilization efficiency, the balance of mineral nutrients in plants, and the impact of extreme abiotic stresses, including saline–alkali stress, high temperatures, drought stress, and heavy metal stress.

Dr. Sheliang Wang
Prof. Dr. Fangsen Xu
Guest Editors

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