Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Resistance to 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: 17 February 2026 | Viewed by 131
Special Issue Editors
Interests: salt and alkaline stress; Glycine soja; Glycine max; Lupinus angustifolius; tolerance mechanisms; oxidative stress; transcription factor; splicing factor; root morphology
Interests: cold stress; disease resistance; tolerance mechanisms; fruit quality; metabolism regulation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Abiotic stresses significantly reduce crop quality and yield. To adapt to environmental stimuli, plants have acquired stress resistance mechanisms through long-term evolution. Therefore, elucidating the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying abiotic stress responses is essential for enhancing crop sustainability and addressing the increasing global demand for food production. This Special Issue aims to highlight regulatory mechanisms in economically important plants, including food crops, horticultural crops, oil crops, and ornamental crops, affected by various abiotic stresses such as salt–alkaline stress, extreme temperature stress (cold/heat), water stress (drought/flooding), heavy metal stress, etc. Studies investigating protein interactions, transcriptional regulatory pathways, splicing factor functions, or root development are particularly encouraged. Submitted manuscripts should be original work that has neither been published previously nor is currently under consideration for publication in other journals.
Dr. Lei Cao
Dr. Yao Zhang
Dr. Qiang Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- salt and alkaline stresses
- cold and high temperature stresses
- water and drought stresses
- oxidative stress
- hydroponic cultivation
- hairy root induction
- horticulture crops
- oil crops
- ornamental crops
- tolerance mechanisms
- protein interaction
- transcription regulation
- splicing factor
- transcription factor
- root development
- root morphology
- heavy metal stress
- environment stimuli
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