Plant Biotic and Abiotic Stresses 2024

Dear Colleagues,

Global food production and the concomitant human survival significantly rely on crop stress resistance. Both biotic and abiotic stresses, exacerbated by climate change, represent substantial constraints on worldwide agricultural output. Employing different agricultural formulations based on biostimulants that enhance tolerance mechanisms to stress emerges as a promising strategy to address this looming threat. Such formulations, from phytohormones to antioxidants, have the potential to enhance plant resilience to stress through osmotic adjustment, antioxidant response stimulation, or immunity activation, among other processes. The development of novel strategies in plant management to enhance both biotic and abiotic stresses is essential to mitigate production losses and augment crop resilience against diverse stressors.

To address plant growth and survival in suboptimal environments, it is imperative to conduct research on the regulation of plant stress. This Special Issue of Life, entitled “Plant Biotic and Abiotic Stresses”, aims to compile original research articles and review papers regarding this matter. Unraveling the mechanisms of stress tolerance in plants creates new avenues for applications in agricultural biotechnology and food production. The ultimate goal is to establish a foundational understanding for advancing stress-resistant breeding in crops.

Dr. Gastón Pizzio
Dr. Jie Luo
Guest Editors

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• plant stress
• abiotic stress
• biotic stress