Physiological Responses and Tolerance Mechanisms of Plants to Heat Stress
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: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 185
Special Issue Editor
Interests: heat stress; stress combinations; reactive oxygen species (ROS) regulatory systems; long-distance signaling; signaling networks
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Dear Colleagues,
Extreme temperatures are well known to have detrimental effects on crop yield worldwide. Due to global warming, the damage caused by heat stress has become a particularly serious problem in agriculture. Despite extensive studies focusing on the mechanisms underlying plant responses to heat stress, these agricultural challenges remain unresolved.
Recently, studies have focused on the diverse responses of plants to heat stress. Differences in heat response mechanisms have been uncovered based on the duration and intensity of stress, types of tissues and organs, and growth stages. Additionally, many studies have explored the ability of plants to memorize information about heat stress to prepare for future occurrences. Furthermore, heat stress can activate long-distance signaling that can be transferred from one part of the plant to other distal tissues. These various types of heat stress responses are regulated by a complex integration of physiological and molecular pathways involving numerous genes, proteins, and metabolites.
This Special Issue will explore the physiological and molecular bases of the complex and flexible modes of plant responses to heat stress. We will address signaling pathways and their integration underlying diverse heat stress responses. Additionally, research aimed at improving the heat tolerance of crops in agricultural fields is also welcome.
Dr. Nobuhiro Suzuki
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heat stress
- signaling
- physiological mechanisms
- molecular mechanisms
- network
- complexity
- specificity
- agriculture
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