Molecular Mechanisms and Soil Microbe Interactions in Vegetable Crops Under Abiotic Stress
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 298
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gene family; transcriptome; crop; cold stress
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Abiotic stresses like drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, and nutrient deficiencies significantly affect the growth, development, and yield of vegetable crops. These stresses impact plant physiology and interact with soil microorganisms, influencing crop resilience. Understanding the genetic mechanisms behind these interactions is essential for enhancing stress tolerance and improving agricultural sustainability.
Current research focuses on how genetic factors and soil microbes interact to regulate stress tolerance. Key areas of interest include plant responses to stress signals, the role of genes in signaling pathways, osmotic regulation, and antioxidant defense. Soil microorganisms, such as beneficial bacteria and fungi, also alleviate stress by promoting nutrient uptake, modulating stress hormones, and enhancing plant resistance.
This Special Issue invites contributions on several topics, as follows: the molecular mechanisms of abiotic stress perception, the role of soil microorganisms in stress tolerance, the identification of novel genes for stress resilience, microbial-driven mitigation strategies, biotechnological approaches like CRISPR/Cas9 for stress resistance, and the ecological impacts of plant–microbe interactions under stress conditions.
The goal of this Special Issue is to deepen our understanding of the genetic and microbial interactions that help vegetable crops withstand abiotic stresses, aiming to improve crop resilience, productivity, and sustainability in challenging environments.
Dr. Mingjia Tang
Dr. Yingbin Qi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- gene family
- molecular mechanism
- crop
- vegetable
- soil microorganisms
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