Plant Responses to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses
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: 15 February 2025 | Viewed by 607
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Dear Colleagues,
Meteorological records have shown that mean annual temperatures have increased by approximately 1 °C over the past century, and this trend is expected to continue in the future. Meanwhile, droughts and floods are occurring more frequently than before. The increasing frequency of extreme weather events poses a serious threat to global food security. As a result, improving plant, particularly crop, resistance to abiotic stresses has become increasingly important. It is therefore crucial to understand how plants effectively cope with high-intensity extreme weather conditions, and to elucidate the underlying molecular as well as physiological mechanisms of plant responses to abiotic stresses. This knowledge can aid in the development of technologies to help plants withstand abiotic stresses and mitigate the impacts of extreme climate change on crop security.
We welcome submissions of original research and review articles. Topics for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Molecular mechanisms of plant responses to abiotic stresses;
- Physiological responses of plants under abiotic stresses;
- Plant hormone signals in enhancing plant responses to abiotic stresses;
- Pathways of plant resistance to abiotic stress conditions;
- Methods to reduce the inhibitory effects of abiotic stresses on plant growth, development, and yield formation.
Dr. Longxing Tao
Dr. Tingting Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change and crop production
- abiotic stress
- biotic stress
- plant resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses
- molecular mechanism
- physiological responses
- plant hormones
- carbohydrate metabolism and transport
- molecular signaling
- reactive oxygen species (ROS)
- calcium ions
- photosynthesis
- respiration
- energy metabolism
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