Plants under Emergency – Crop Protection, Mitigation Approaches and Challenges
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2021) | Viewed by 616
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Interests: abiotic stress tolerance; redox homeostasis; antioxidants; plant physiology; phytohormones; plant nutrition
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Interests: biocontrol; cytotoxicology; ecotoxicology; essential oils; natural molecules; OMICS; phytochemistry; plant protection; plant physiologist
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
At present, agriculture production is becoming increasingly challenged by an ever-growing population, in a scenario of imminent climate instability and the spread of emerging pest and diseases. Recent works and reports on the area clearly suggest that major actions need to be taken now in order to prevent greater future costs in terms of agricultural yield and profits. Abiotic and biotic pressures are pushing plants beyond their tolerance boundaries, impacting crop growth and yield worldwide, ultimately compromising food safety and quality. This Special Issue (SI) aims to tackle these issues, particularly focusing on:
- Crop adaptation to climate change and environmental contamination;
- Plant responses to emergent biotic and abiotic pressures;
- Diseases and pest management;
- Biocontrol approaches;
- Development of mitigation tools against abiotic stresses;
- Food safety and quality.
Integrated in a series of three annually organized seminars, this Special Issue aims to provide readers with a comprehensive and cohesive collection of papers dealing with the alarming effects of climate change and environmental contamination on plant responses, ranging from fundamental studies focusing on signaling processes and biochemical and molecular assays, to approaches with direct impact on the agronomic scenario.
We welcome all scientific works (original research papers, perspectives, hypotheses, opinions, reviews, modelling approaches, and methods) in this domain.
Prof. Fernanda Fidalgo
Prof. Dr. Conceição Santos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant stress tolerance
- plant pests and diseases
- climate change
- food quality and safety
- crop productivity
- sustainable agriculture
- mitigation practices
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