‘Omics’ and ‘Multi-Omics’ Insights into Plant Responses to Abiotic Stresses

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to announce our Special Issue, and we hope that you will be interested in this pertinent topic.

Plants are often exposed to abiotic stresses, such as drought, salinity, heat, cold, freezing, nutrient deficiency, and heavy metal toxicity, which limit their growth and development. In the case of crops, yields may be reduced, resulting in insufficient food supply for the growing population. In addition, these stresses may occur concomitantly under field conditions, resulting in diverse effects on plant growth. While stress combinations such as drought and ozone may result in potentially positive interactions, others, including drought and heat or salinity with nutrient deficiency, may cause more extensive plant cell damage and more significant yield reductions than the individual stresses. Furthermore, the frequency and magnitude of stresses, such as drought and heat, will likely increase with global warming. Consequently, there is growing interest among researchers in understanding the complex responses of plants to individual and combinations of abiotic stresses. A range of “omics” technologies are also improving our insights into stress-responsive changes in the transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome of plants, while the sequencing of entire plant genomes is providing resources to guide crop-improvement strategies. Other research groups are working on validating the roles of these “omics-derived data” in stress adaptation using various methodologies, including transgenic plants, seed priming, and the exogenous application of growth-promoting compounds. Therefore, this Special Issue welcomes submissions that broaden our insights into plant responses to individual abiotic stresses and their combinations using various “omics” approaches, including the functional validation of these data.

Dr. Rudo Ngara
Dr. Yuri Shavrukov
Guest Editors

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