Metabolism of Plant Secondary Metabolites under Stress Conditions

Dear Colleagues,

Secondary metabolites play an important role in plant adaptation and survival. In addition, this group of physiologically active compounds acts as one of the critical regulators in the creation of ecological links between other species. Secondary metabolites help protect plants not only from pathogenic attacks (acting as elements of nonspecific plant immunity), but also allow them to successfully adapt to abiotic stressors.

However, it is also worth noting that the production of secondary metabolites is influenced by environmental factors. Environmental factors can determine the synthesis and subsequent accumulation of secondary metabolites. Understanding the specific mechanisms responsible for the biosynthesis, accumulation, and degradation of secondary metabolites would help formulate new strategies for improving the production of this group of natural compounds.

This Special Issue of Metabolites, "Metabolism of Plant Secondary Metabolites Under Stress Conditions”, will be devoted not only to the consideration of the physiological aspects of the accumulation and metabolism of biologically active plant compounds under stress factors, but also to the application of metabolomics methods to assess the profile of plant secondary compounds under the influence of environmental factors. Topics to be covered in this Special Issue include (not exclusively): secondary metabolites and abiotic stress, mechanisms of adaptation to abiotic stresses, assessment of changes in the metabolic profile of plants against the background of changing environmental factors, assessment of the metabolic profile of plants against the background of pathogenic invasion and attacks of insects pests, the role of primary metabolites in the accumulation of secondary compounds under stress condition, chemodiversity of plant metabolites under stress contition, metabolite-mediated signaling pathways and cascades, metabolic signals during stress combinations, stress priming and metabolic memory during stress, metabolomic network during abiotic stress and recovery.

This Special Issue welcomes the submission of review and research papers or short communications on topics related to plant secondary metabolites and their regulation under stress conditions.

This Special Issue of Metabolites aims to present a collection of high quality relevant scientific papers to promote discussions and inform the scientific community of significant new information within this new field.

Dr. Pavel Feduraev
Guest Editor

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