Plant Abiotic Stress: Mechanisms, Tolerance and Sustainable Management
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: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 264
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental science; agricultural plant science; plant physiology; environmental stresses; food science
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Interests: photosynthesis; plant–water relations; climate change; elevated CO2; water stress; high-temperature stress; plant adaptation to environment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants face increasingly frequent and severe abiotic stresses in their environments, most notably drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, nutrient deficiencies, and heavy metal toxicity. All of these stresses could have serious adverse effects on plant growth, development, and productivity, thus posing serious challenges to food security and the sustainability of agriculture.
In this Special Issue, we explore recent advances and discoveries on the following topics:
- Mechanisms of plant response to abiotic stresses;
- Signal pathways and regulatory networks involved in stress perception and adaptation;
- Biotechnological approaches and breeding strategies for engineering and developing abiotic stress resilient cultivars;
- Agronomic and management practices for sustainable cultivation under abiotic stress conditions;
- Applications of omics technologies to unravel the complexities of plant stress biology;
- Field evaluation of abiotic stress management methods.
Prof. Dr. Mohamed El Yamani
Dr. James A. Bunce
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant abiotic stress
- drought
- salinity
- nutrient deficiency
- stress tolerance
- stress management
- sustainable agriculture
- omics technologies
- biotechnological approaches
- breeding strategies
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Planned Papers
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From Physiological Responses to Molecular Mechanisms: Unraveling Plant Adaptations to Abiotic Stress
Dr. Mark Christian Felipe R. Redillas, Dr. Mark Angelo Balendres, and Ms. Yokimiko D. Torrejos
ABSTRACT
Abiotic stress is a critical challenge that plants must navigate to survive. Defined as any non-living factor that adversely impacts plant health, abiotic stress encompasses a broad spectrum of environmental conditions. These stresses include water-related factors such as drought and salinity, temperature extremes like heat and cold, nutrient imbalances, heavy metal toxicity, and radiation exposure. Plants exhibit a diverse array of responses to these stressors, which can be interconnected or distinct, depending on the specific stress and the plant species involved. Understanding these responses at the physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels is crucial for developing strategies to enhance plant tolerance to abiotic stresses, which is vital for agricultural sustainability. In this review, we comprehensively examine the current state of research on plant responses to abiotic stress, encompassing physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms. We discuss the latest technological advancements in producing stress-tolerant plants and propose sustainable management strategies based on recent findings. Our analysis aims to contribute to the development of climate-resilient crops by understanding the complex interplay between plants and their abiotic environment.
