Responses of Crops to Abiotic Stress

Dear Colleagues,

At present, the agricultural industry is undergoing a marked transformation in adjusting to today’s economic and climatic demands. Global climate change is identified as a major threat to the survival of natural ecosystems. Climate change is a dynamic, multifaceted system of alterations in environmental conditions that affect abiotic and biotic components of the world. It results in alterations in environmental conditions such as heat waves, rainfall intensity, CO₂ concentration and temperature that lead to a rise in new pests, weeds and
pathogens. As such, climate change has affected plant physiology. Abiotic stresses are often interrelated in causing morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular changes that adversely affect plant growth and productivity, ultimately leading to a reduced yield. The sexual reproductive phase in plants has been proven to be vulnerable to the negative effects of abiotic stress.

The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together the latest advances in various aspects of the effects of climate change on crop yield and quality. We welcome original research papers, perspectives, opinions, reviews, modeling approaches and methods that will be of interest to all those involved in adapting agriculture to the challenges of the modern world and the current and future environmental conditions.

Dr. Georgios Koubouris
Dr. Giora Ben-Ari
Guest Editors

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