Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Salinity Stress and Tolerance—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Soils are becoming increasingly saline due to poor farming practices and climate change. The growth and development of most crop plants are inhibited by salinity stress. To sustain food production in more saline soils, we need to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying plant salinity stress tolerance so that we can engineer more resilient crops. Plants have various mechanisms to combat both the initial stress imposed by salt that is independent of sodium accumulation in the shoot (osmotic stress similar to that imposed by other stresses such as drought) and the more delayed ion toxicity stress (that arises from the uptake of Na⁺ and Cl⁻ and is specific to salinity stress). There is still much that we do not know about how plants perceive, signal, and respond to salinity stress to ultimately adapt their growth and development so that they can survive in saline soils. This Special Issue of Plants will focus on the molecular mechanisms that enable plants to perceive, signal, respond, grow, and ultimately tolerate salinity stress.

Dr. Lara Donaldson
Prof. Dr. Gederts Ievinsh
Guest Editors

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