Microbial Interactions in Plant Adaptation to Abiotic and Biotic Stress

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue on ‘Microbial Interactions in Plant Adaptation to Abiotic and Biotic Stress’.

There is an increasing recognition that plant-associated microbiota are important in supporting plant health and resilience under stress. While these beneficial traits can be attributed to specific species, more often than not, they are associated with the wider bacterial community found in the vicinity of plants. Much of our understanding of factors governing the interactions between plants, microbes and the environment is still in its infancy, and yet there is a strong interest in being able to leverage this knowledge for practical applications such as mitigating plant disease or enhancing stress tolerance through the use of beneficial microbes. In the face of growing challenges such as global warming and sustainable agriculture, this area of investigation is timely.

This Special Issue aims at consolidating knowledge from model species and crops on the factors and mechanisms governing plant–microbe–environment interactions.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Studies that examine how plant adaptation to stress influences associated microbial communities;
• Conversely, studies that examine how microbial communities influence plant responses to abiotic or biotic stress;
• Studies that focus on mechanisms involved during specific plant–microbe interactions that impact plant adaptions to stress;
• Studies that focus on mechanisms involved in microbe–microbe interactions modulated by plant stress;
• Novel approaches and techniques that enable the study of plant–microbe–environment interactions.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Ayalew B. Mentewab
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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• abiotic stress
• biotic stress
• plant microbiome
• environmental adaptation
• microbial interactions