Plant Responses and Tolerance to Salinity Stress, 2nd Edition

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Dear Colleagues,

Due to climate change, the overexploitation of aquifers, and the use of reclaimed water for agriculture, salinity is becoming one of the most significant environmental factors that most limit crop yield. To solve this problem, several strategies have been explored. Such strategies range from the remediation of soils to the discovery of crops (cultivars) that are more tolerant to salinity stress. Salinity has an osmotic and toxic effect on plants. Osmotic effects induce a physiological drought on plants due to the retention of more water in soil, and this causes similar plant responses to those under water-limited conditions. Toxic effects are produced by an excess of sodium ions in the soil solution, which can displace potassium and other ions and cause an imbalance in the K+/Na+ ratio. This can also cause an imbalance of other essential ions and can therefore lead to membrane and protein damage and, in some extreme cases, plant death. For this Topic, we seek manuscripts that address plant response and tolerance mechanisms to cope with salinity stress and management actions to mitigate it. We encourage the submission of papers that feature experiments conducted in field, greenhouse or growth chambers and adopt various approaches, from assessing agronomic traits to investigating molecular mechanisms. Moreover, manuscripts with a physiological and biochemical focus and those that use multi-omics approaches are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Aroca
Prof. Dr. Pablo Cornejo
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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Agriculture agriculture	3.3	4.9	2011	19.2 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Agronomy agronomy	3.3	6.2	2011	17.6 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Crops crops	-	-	2021	22.1 Days	CHF 1000	Submit
Plants plants	4.0	6.5	2012	18.9 Days	CHF 2700	Submit
International Journal of Molecular Sciences ijms	4.9	8.1	2000	16.8 Days	CHF 2900	Submit

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