New Insights into Plant Physiological Ecology
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025 | Viewed by 245
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Interests: plant physiology; plant environmental stress physiology; bioclimatology; agrometeorology
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Interests: plant physiology; application of induced fluorescence in plant biology and ecotoxicology
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Interests: ecophysiology; phenology; seed priming methods; abiotic stress; plant physiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant physiological ecology is a vital field of research in the current context of climate change and constant soil degradation. It is necessary for highlighting growth dynamics, reproduction, and distribution of vegetal organisms within different ecosystems and their relations with the environment. The increased interest oriented upon plants’ physiological and morphological traits as adaptation to ecosystems characteristics is nowadays influenced by the dramatic global rapid changes. Adaptation of leaf area, stomata shape, water use efficiency, carbon allocation patterns within biomass accumulation, and relative chlorophyll content are only a few examples of parameters that could be of interest in the current ecophysiological growth context. New insights regarding the whole plant characteristics under different ecological conditions are encouraged to be submitted. Research conducted in natural or artificial environments with the assessment of plant functioning for all phenological stages, e.g., germination, leaf development, flowering, and others, are of high interest to estimate abiotic stress effects. Technical approaches for identifying new and sustainable methods toward the stimulation of seeds and plants with priming techniques, foliar fertilizers, and hormones are important to mitigate the negative effect of the environment and represent a valuable contribution to the field.
Prof. Dr. Sorin Daniel Vatca
Dr. Andrei B. Utkin
Dr. Valentina Ancuța Stoian
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- phenological and physiological traits
- adaptation features
- germination
- growth and development
- climate change
- ecophysiology
- physiological modeling
- priming techniques
- biostimulators
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