Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is devoted to recent advances and insights into photoreceptor signaling in plants and algae under various environmental stresses. It draws together multidisciplinary research focusing on the molecular mechanisms that regulate plant responses to stress conditions and the crucial role of photoreceptors in such adaptive strategies. This Special Issue is also devoted to experimental research and review articles presenting novel findings about the structure and function of various photoreceptors, elucidating the mechanisms through which they detect and respond to environmental signals. This Special Issue accepts investigations into the biophysical properties of the photoreceptors, coupled with biochemical and genetic studies, revealing the inner workings of their interactions with other components of the cellular signaling machinery.

This Special Issue encompasses studies on how plant cells utilize photoreceptor signaling to modulate growth, development, and survival in challenging environments. Additionally, this Special Issue includes cutting-edge techniques and methodologies applied in plant signaling research, providing a broad perspective on the complexity of plant stress responses at the cellular and organismal levels. It is our hope that this Special Issue will shed light on the technological advancements contributing to our understanding of photoreceptor signaling in plants. Studies devoted to the use of 'omics' technologies, such as genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics, to unravel the complexity of plant stress responses will also be included in this Special Issue. Additionally, advancements in bioinformatics tools and machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches to handle and interpret such high-throughput data will be highlighted, offering a glance into the future of plant stress research.

This Special Issue will explore the role of the interplay between photoreceptor signaling and plant hormonal pathways and the effect of light quality on plant stress resistance, in addition to including studies into the genetic and epigenetic aspects of photoreceptor signaling on the intricate regulatory networks that dictate plant adaptation to environmental stressors.

Prof. Dr. Suleyman Allakhverdiev
Dr. Pavel Pashkovskiy
Guest Editors

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• photoreceptor signaling
• adaptive strategies
• plants and algae
• abiotic and biotic stresses