Genetic Structure of Maize Resistance to Stress
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 July 2023) | Viewed by 4988
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant genetics; molecular biology and bioinformatics
Interests: maize; fertilization; tillage; soil protection; eutrophication; silage; green forage; technological quality of the yield
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Dear Colleagues,
The global environmental perturbations and increasing population pose a huge challenge for the sustainable supply of healthy and nutritious food. Developing cereals with superior traits which can be sustained under drought, water lodging, high salinity, and pathogen infestations and have a high yield is an important requisite to meet this challenge. In the current scenario, the rising temperature makes it critical to have a continuous water supply and harbors a serious risk with drought-like conditions, which ultimately hampers yield and production. To cope with this global challenge, we have chosen Maize (Zea mays) as a focus crop for this Special Issue due to its worldwide presence. Throughout their life cycle, drought stress affects maize plants at multiple time points, including seed germination, seedling growth, overall growth of plants, pollen and silk development, pollination, kernel development, and ultimately during senescence. Different maize genotypes have varying abilities to withstand drought stress up to certain limits. In that context, various studies in maize and other cereals have expanded our knowledge of abiotic stress tolerance; however, key molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying drought stress tolerance are less understood.
As the topic editors of “Genetic Structure of Maize Resistance to Stresses”, we are inviting research and review papers from researchers working with major cereal crops who can help to enhance our understanding of plant adaptation under drought stress and support climate-resilient crops. This Special Issue is mainly focused on maize and other cereal crops such as sorghum and wheat. Submissions are welcome on the broader aspects of drought stress and tolerance, including physiological, biochemical, metabolic, proteomic, and transcriptomic approaches to evaluate and address drought stress tolerance in cereals. Authors are encouraged to contact the editor with a 200-word summary if they have any questions regarding the suitability of their submission.
Dr. Rohit Kumar
Prof. Dr. Piotr Szulc
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- drought stress
- cereals
- maize
- stress tolerance
- physiological
- biochemical
- metabolic approaches
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