Plant Resistance and Tolerance to Salt–Alkaline Stress: Current Status and Future Directions
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2024) | Viewed by 862
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Interests: pennycress; biofuel; lignin; salt–alkaline stress; cover crops; molecular genetics; plant biotechnology
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Dear Colleagues,
Salt–alkaline stress poses a significant challenge to preserving agricultural productivity and ecosystem stability worldwide. Understanding the complex mechanisms through which plants perceive, respond to, and adapt to salt–alkaline stress is crucial for global food security and environmental sustainability. Recent advances in gene discovery and agricultural practices have significantly enhanced our understanding of plants’ resistance and tolerance to these stresses.
This Special Issue of IJMS, titled “Plant Resistance and Tolerance to Salt–Alkaline Stress: Current Status and Future Directions”, aims to gather cutting-edge research and comprehensive reviews that explore the multifaceted topic of salt–alkaline stress in plants. We seek to highlight innovative approaches to understanding the physiological, molecular, and genetic bases of plants’ responses to salt–alkaline conditions. We also aim to showcase advances in breeding, biotechnology, and management practices that mitigate the adverse effects of these stresses.
We invite authors to submit original research articles and reviews that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- The gene discovery of plant resistance/tolerance to salt–alkaline stress;
- The molecular genetics of stress resistance;
- Advances in multi-omics technologies for researching salt–alkaline stress responses;
- Innovative breeding strategies for salt–alkaline stress resilience;
- Novel insights into soil–plant interactions under salt–alkaline conditions.
We encourage authors to join us in this important discourse, with the aim of improving our understanding and management of plant responses to salt–alkaline stress, paving the way for future breakthroughs in plant science and agriculture. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Xin Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- salt–alkaline stress
- abiotic stress
- molecular genetics
- multi-omics analysis
- plant breeding
- climate change
- agricultural sustainability
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