Advances in Forage Stress Biology: Mechanisms and Adaptation Strategies
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 739
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forges stress biology; forage germplasm resources and genetic breeding; forage genome and gene function; medicinal plant cultivation and development and utilization
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Interests: grassland ecosystem restoration effect and mechanism; ecosystem carbon nitrogen water cycle and its coupling process; biodiversity and ecosystem service function
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Interests: abiotic stress; antioxidants; breeding; Ca2+ signaling; calmodulin-like protein; forage legume; receptor-like protein kinase; ROS homeostasis; turfgrasses
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forage crops play a crucial role in global food production, since they serve as a primary source of nutrition for livestock; however, they also face numerous environmental stressors, including drought, temperature fluctuations, soil salinity, and pest infestations. Understanding the mechanisms involved in the response, tolerance, and adaptation of forage species to these stressors is crucial to enhancing their productivity, quality, and resilience.
This Special Issue aims to explore the fascinating world of the ways in which forage crops adapt and respond to environmental stresses. We welcome, therefore, contributions that explore the physiological, biochemical, molecular, and genetic aspects of stress responses in forage crops, and submissions related to the identification and characterization of stress-responsive genes, the elucidation of signaling pathways, and novel strategies for enhancing stress tolerance are especially encouraged.
By deepening our understanding of forage stress biology, we can pave the way toward sustainable forage production, improved animal nutrition, and environmental resiliency.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Agriculture.
Dr. Peizhi Yang
Dr. Wei Zhang
Prof. Dr. Zhenfei Guo
Guest Editors
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Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Cloning and Functional Analysis ofAmNAC100 in Agropyron mongolicum
Yanhong Ma et.al
Abstract: The NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2, CUC1/2) transcription factor family is a unique and important group of transcription factors in plants, involved in plant growth, development, and responds to biotic and abiotic stresses. Agropyron mongolicum Keng (A. mongolicum) is a perennial diploid (2n=14) gramineous forage grass with excellent characteristics such as drought resistance, cold resistance, barrenness resistance, disease and insect resistance, and abundant drought resistance gene resources. However, there are few studies on the NAC transcription factors of A. mongolicum, and its drought resistance regulatory mechanism remains unclear. In this study, one NAC transcription factor gene, AmNAC100 was cloned based on the transcriptome sequencing database of A. mongolicum under drought stress. AmNAC100 was exclusively localized within the nucleus. AmNAC100 was transformed into tobacco using the leaf disc method, and the transgenic tobacco plants were successfully obtained. Under drought stress, compared to wild-type plants, transgenic tobacco plants with AmNAC100 gene, exhibited fewer wilted leaves and a significant increase in both root length and root surface area. The SOD activity, POD activity, CAT activity, and Pro content of transgenic plants were significantly higher than those of wild-type plants. The expression levels of AmNAC100 in transgenic plants were significantly upregulated compared to wild-type plants. In conclusion, in this study, AmNAC100 overexpression in transgenic tobacco increased the antioxidant capacity of the plant and thus exerted a positive regulatory effect under drought stress.
Key Words: Agropyron mongolicum; NAC transcription factors; Drought tolerance; Subcellular localization; Genetic transformation
