Plant Response to Arid Environment, Volume II
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 655
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant biology; plant physiology and biochemistry; ecophysiology
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Interests: plant physiology; secondary metabolites; plant biochemistry; antioxidants; drought stress; poly-phenols; plant water relations; environmental stresses; photosynthesis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Arid environments are defined by the dominant role of water in limiting the activities of life. Plants have evolved numerous adaptations that allow them to survive in these harsh environments and to deal with water deficits. Survival strategies involve adjustments at many levels, from gene expression, through individual plant physiological and biochemical processes, to ecosystem levels. Understanding the mechanisms that underlie the response of plants to water scarcity is an urgent problem in arid environments, particularly considering that these ecosystems are prone to land degradation or desertification and are characterized by shrub encroachment, invasion by exotic species, and loss of total perennial vegetation cover. This Special Issue focuses on the responses of plants that enable them to survive in arid environments and deal with the adaptation of individual species or populations to drought in terms of physiology, water relations, and biochemical mechanisms.
Dr. Cecilia Brunetti
Dr. Antonella Gori
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Arid environments
- Plant physiology
- Plant vulnerability
- Drought
- Plant metabolism
- Climate change
