Understanding CAM Plants: Mechanisms, Ecological Function, and Emerging Applications
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 227
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant molecular biology; plant ecophysiology; CAM plant research; plant responses to abiotic stress; plant biotechnology
Interests: plant molecular biology; CAM plant research; plant responses to abiotic stress
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Interests: plant ecophysiology; CAM plant research; plant responses to abiotic stress
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
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Dear Colleagues,
Anthropogenic activities continue to alter global climate patterns, leading to significant changes in temperature, water availability, and other environmental factors. In this context, crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants stand out for their remarkable ability to withstand extreme environmental conditions, including prolonged drought, high solar radiation, and elevated temperatures—factors that influence both seedling establishment and adult plant performance. Their unique photosynthetic strategy, characterized by nocturnal CO₂ fixation and reduced daytime gas exchange, provides important physiological and molecular advantages that make CAM species key models for understanding plant tolerance mechanisms under ongoing and future climate change.
Given their ecological, physiological, biochemical, molecular, agronomic, and ornamental importance, we invite the scientific community to submit contributions to this Special Issue of Plants dedicated to CAM plants. This Special issue provides an excellent opportunity to disseminate new findings, perspectives, and advances related to their biology, diversity, adaptation, physiology, molecular responses, evolution, and potential applications in sustainable agriculture, conservation, and biotechnology.
We thank you in advance for your interest and look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Dr. Pablo Delgado-Sánchez
Prof. Dr. Juan Francisco Jimenez-Bremont
Dr. Joel Flores
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- CAM plants
- drought adaptation
- ecology
- ecophysiology
- evolution
- plant genomics
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