Water Use Strategy of Plants in Arid Regions
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 3499
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water relations of steppe plants; plant ecology of semi-arid regions; drought severity assessment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants have various water-use solutions (or strategies) for living in xeric environments. They have a set of coordinated adaptations at different levels, from the cell level to the whole-plant level, that secure plant growth under water-limited conditions. Understanding the morphology, physiology, anatomy, and ecology of plants that specialize in dry habitats has significance beyond arid/semi-arid regions since the frequency of weather extremes such as megadroughts, heat waves, etc., is expected to increase owing to climate change. This Special Issue of Plants is aimed at representing the new progress in the above-mentioned fields, and new methodology and techniques that have potential usage in related research are especially encouraged.
Dr. Haishan Niu
Dr. Yanjie Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant–water relations
- water-use strategy
- plant strategy
- arid
- xeric
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