Physiological and Molecular Insights into Plant Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biotic and abiotic stress; fungal pathogens; plant defense response; plant senescence
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Interests: abiotic stress; plant growth and development; phosphorus and nitrogen deficiency; sugar metabolism under stress
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Interests: agrobiotechnology; transgenesis; biotic and abiotic stress; plant disease resistance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants have evolved sophisticated strategies to survive environmental challenges. Plant resistance to biotic stress (including pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi, and pests such as nematodes and insects) and abiotic stress (e.g., drought, salinity, and temperature extremes) involves a tightly coordinated interplay between physiological adaptations and molecular signaling networks to maintain growth and survival.
Plants respond to stress physiologically through the antioxidative system, stomatal regulation, and osmotic adjustment, among other mechanisms. At the molecular level, plant signaling cascades are triggered by specific receptors (PRR or R), and activate phytohormones such as jasmonic acid (JA), salicylic acid (SA), abscisic acid (ABA), and ethylene (ET). Moreover, these hormones regulate gene expression linked to defense and stress tolerance.
In this Special Issue, we welcome original research papers and reviews on all aspects of plant physiology and molecular mechanisms of resistance under the influence of various biotic and/or abiotic stresses.
Dr. Violetta Katarzyna Macioszek
Prof. Dr. Iwona Ciereszko
Prof. Dr. Andrzej K. Kononowicz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biotic and abiotic stresses
- plant physiology
- plant disease
- phytohormones
- plant resistance
- gene expression
- signaling network
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