Abiotic Stresses in Cereals—2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 100
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biotechnology crops; tissue cultures; monocots, dicots, and trees; bioreactor technology; abiotic stress
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Dear Colleagues,
Abiotic stresses in plants are consequences of the suboptimal levels of nonliving factors in the growing environment. Generally, these factors are integral parts of the atmosphere–plant–soil continuum and adversely affect plant growth and productivity. Climate change predictions point to the amplification of these atmospheric stresses concerning magnitude, duration, and intensity and hence threaten global food security. Hence, the management of abiotic stress in agriculture is gaining momentum. While climate-smart practices are feasible options, climate-resilient crops are likely to be key drivers of future food production. Hence, designing crop plants for resilient agriculture can play a critical role. Exploring and exploiting the existing diversity and creation of new diversity through advanced techniques such as CRISPER-Cas is essential to identify potential genotypes of crops resilient to abiotic stresses. Though many scientific insights have been generated on mechanisms underlying abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants, much remains to be translated into the products for use in complementing crop improvement programs in harsh environments. This Special Issue on Abiotic Stresses in Cereals will highlight omics interventions for traits in plants that confer resilience to abiotic stresses.
Dr. Beata Dedicova
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drought
- high temperature
- heavy metals
- chill tolerance
- waterlogging
- plant nutrient imbalance
- salinity
- alkalinity
- extreme solar radiation
- mechanisms
- traits
- genes
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