Adaptation of Mutualistic Plant-Microbe Systems to Abiotic Stresses
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 35965
Special Issue Editor
Interests: interactions between plants and beneficial microorganisms; root exudation and biological rhizosphere processes; heavy metal tolerance of plant-microbe symbiotic systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants form symbioses with various microorganisms, including mycorrhizal fungi, nodule bacteria, and endophytic and rhizospheric bacteria and fungi. The taxonomy, properties, and mechanisms of influence of these microorganisms on plants are diverse, and a huge number of publications are devoted to these issues. An important aspect of the integration of plants with microorganisms is the formation of superorganismal systems that adapt to the environment and its unfavorable changes through the joint evolution of macro- and microsymbionts. Information is accumulating that plants use symbiotic microorganisms to adapt to stressful conditions and that microorganisms provide themselves with nutrients and ecological niches favorable for maintaining populations under these conditions. However, many studies in this area are limited to ascertaining and describing the observed effects. This issue is aimed at discussing and deciphering the mechanisms of effective functioning of symbiotic plant–microbial systems under stressful conditions, including establishing what role in such interactions is played by the species and intraspecific characteristics of the plant, species, and strains of microorganisms, phytohormones, root exudates, and the impact of partners on the rhizosphere and the environment. Of particular interest is obtaining information about the functioning of plant–microbial systems in the presence of combined stress factors.
Prof. Dr. Andrey A. Belimov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- mycorrhiza
- phytohormones
- PGPR
- phytoremediation
- plant-microbe integractions
- rhizobia
- rhizosphere
- root exudates
- symbiosis
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