Plant Responses to Heat Stress

Dear Colleagues,

Heat stress adversely affects plant growth, development, and productivity. Heat stress causes a series of morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular changes in plants. On the other hand, plants have mechanisms to cope with heat stress via the activation of heat-responsive pathways and enzymes to alleviate the stress damage. Plants can also be primed by heat stress to improve their heat tolerance and adaptation. In addition, climate warming and frequent heat waves have aggravated heat stress and led to a significant reduction in crop yield worldwide. Therefore, understanding how plants respond to heat stress will help us to find appropriate ways to fight against heat stress in a warmer future. This Special Issue is to provide open-source sharing of significant works in the field of plant responses to heat stress. Authors are invited to submit original research and review articles from the molecular to whole-plant levels, related to plant responses to heat stress.

Topics of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Physiological, biochemical, metabolic, and molecular studies on the impact of heat stress.
• Transcription, epigenetics, non-coding RNAs, metabolites, antioxidants, photosynthesis, and yield are involved in heat responses.
• Molecular mechanisms to identify genes, transcription factors, and pathways for heat responses and tolerance.

Prof. Dr. Biao Jin
Dr. Nianjun Teng
Guest Editors

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