Plant Metabolic Responses to Biotic and Abiotic Stress
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2024) | Viewed by 18959
Special Issue Editors
2. Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
Interests: abiotic/biotic stresses; gene/gene family evolution; metabolism of crop quality under adverse conditions
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Interests: abiotic stress-salinity and drought; biotic stress- nematode infection; sugar metabolism; sugar transporters.
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Given the ever-growing world population and considering the climate change crisis that is unfolding, we strongly believe that it is timely to discuss challenges and opportunities for the effect of stress conditions on crop yield. As sessile organisms, plants must cope with abiotic stress (soil salinity, drought, and extreme temperatures) and biotic stress (nematode, pathogenic bacteria infection). In addition, the efficiency of water and fertilizer systems also plays a crucial role in improving crop yield. With this Special Issue, we aim to compile the latest knowledge of plant response to biotic and abiotic stresses and to highlight the shortcomings and knowledge gaps of our understanding of the underlying processes. Based on this, we will lay the ground for future research to contribute to this important field of plant science.
Prof. Dr. Hongjian Wan
Dr. Si Ma
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- biotic stress
- evolution
- sugar metabolism
- fertigation
- crop yield
- crop quality
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