Photosynthesis under Biotic and Abiotic Environmental Stress
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant, Algae and Fungi Cell Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 79059
Special Issue Editors
Interests: photosynthesis; plant physiology; environmental stress; abiotic stress; UV radiation; photoreceptor signalling; cyanobacteria; algal; ROS; nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ); chlorophyll fluorescence; salt stress; hydrogen energy; artificial photosynthesis
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2. Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Str. N., London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
Interests: bioenergetics; chlorophyll fluorescence techniques; membrane biophysics; photosynthesis; physiological stress responses; thylakoid membranes
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Interests: crop physiology; drought and high-temperature stress; photosynthesis; noninvasive methods; chlorophyll fluorescence; secondary metabolism
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Photosynthesis is a unique process that has shaped life on our planet and created the conditions for all known life forms. During evolution, plant species and photosynthetic forms have been created and partial mechanisms have been optimized that can work optimally within a certain range of environmental conditions. Changing environmental conditions caused by climate change, environmental pollution, and biotic factors significantly limit growth, biomass production, and plant reproduction.
By better understanding of the reactions and partial processes of photosynthesis in a changing or stressful environment, we can predict how plants will function in different climate change scenarios, under conditions of exposure to abiotic and biotic stressors, as well as how to help plants improve their adaptability.
This Special Issue of Cells will therefore represent research into the effects of abiotic and biotic stresses that can have adverse effects on structures as well as photochemical and biochemical processes, from the molecular to the whole-plant level.
We welcome original research and review papers addressing all aspects of photosynthesis, including regulatory mechanisms, as well as their value in agriculture, forestry, and biotechnology.
We hope that interdisciplinary applications of knowledge will stimulate future research.
Prof. Dr. Suleyman Allakhverdiev
Prof. Dr. Alexander Ivanov
Prof. Dr. Marian Brestic
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant physiology
- photosynthesis
- biotic and abiotic stressors
- environmental pollution
- biotechnology
- agriculture
- forestry
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