Genotype-Specific Responses to Environmental Stresses in Horticultural Crops
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 602
Special Issue Editors
Interests: tomato; genomics; Solanaceae; environmental stress
Interests: tomato; Arabidopsis; salt stress; drought stress; ABA
Interests: tomato; Arabidopsis; abiotic stress; genome editing; ABA
Special Issue Information
Environmental stresses, including drought, heat, cold, and high soil salinity, cause extensive crop yield losses. Current climate change phenomena are predicted to increase the frequency and intensity of extreme events, thus the development of climate-resilient genotypes for agriculture is more urgent than ever. In particular, protected and open-field horticulture are hindered by abiotic stresses and are often characterized by high input management practices. Depletion of natural resources as well as increasing consumer awareness towards more sustainable agriculture has resulted in the need for reduced input applications. Wild relatives, locally adapted landraces, and heirloom genotypes constitute important sources of resilience traits that, once identified, can be exploited to improve resilience and resource-use efficiency in agriculture. Genomics studies and new breeding technologies will be instrumental in tapping into biodiversity to bridge the gap between the identification of adaptive traits and their transfer to commercial, elite genotypes.
This Special Issue will focus on strategies that lead to the identification of phenotypes and superior alleles, which contribute to greater stress tolerance through a variety of approaches. Methodological papers applied to genotype screening through innovative technologies are also welcome. Furthermore, research articles and reviews dealing with physiological, molecular, and metabolic responses to abiotic stresses in horticultural crops fall within the scope. Comparative studies of genotypes showing differential responses to environmental stresses are particularly welcome.
Dr. Stefania Grillo
Dr. Giorgia Batelli
Dr. Paola Punzo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- plant hormones
- breeding
- genomics
- landraces
- resilience
