Abiotic Stress Signaling and Responses in Plants

Dear Colleagues, 

Plant responses to environmental factors are extraordinarily complex. They can be observed at various levels of plant organization, ranging from changes in the intensity of basic biochemical processes such as respiration, photosynthesis, and transpiration to morphological and anatomical changes in organs. However, these aforementioned biochemical changes are preceded by the activation of an efficient signaling system which endures environmental fluctuations.

This Special Issue accepts publications concerning hormonal signaling, interactions between ROS, NO, and H₂S, cascade of kinases, triggering transcription factors, changes in gene expression in response to water deficit, cold, heat, flooding, salinity, nutrient deficiency, and heavy metals stress. Moreover, the SI also accepts works on the plant's response to stress, i.e., activation of the antioxidant system (enzymatic and non-enzymatic) and the repair system.

Original and review papers on all of the above aspects of signaling under stress (also operating simultaneously or sequentially) are welcomed contributions for this Special Issue of Plants.

Dr. Małgorzata Nykiel
Dr. Mateusz Labudda
Dr. Beata Prabucka
Dr. Marta Gietler
Dr. Justyna Fidler
Guest Editors

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