Plant Response to Abiotic Stress—3rd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2024 | Viewed by 99
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Interests: plant response; abiotic stress; plant biology
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Dear Colleagues,
Adverse conditions caused by drought, salt, toxic metals, and extreme temperatures can restrain the growth and development of plants. Environmental abiotic stresses are becoming increasingly frequent and persistent due to global climate change. Plants have evolved complex and sophisticated mechanisms with which to overcome adverse conditions. For example, plant cells initiate signaling transduction in response to abiotic stress, resulting in downstream responses such as specific gene transcription and protein expression. A variety of signaling molecules are involved in the regulation of plant adaptations to diverse environmental stresses, such as abscisic acid, calcium ions, hydrogen sulfide, nitric oxide, hydrogen peroxide, extracellular ATP, ethylene, etc. These signaling molecules mitigate stress-elicited damage at the cellular, tissue, and whole-plant levels. In the majority of cases, stressed plants benefit from signal-mediated water, reactive oxygen species, and ionic homeostasis. More importantly, these signaling molecules form a network in higher plants, with the aim of combatting abiotic stress. In addition to stress-elicited signals, several signaling molecules can also be produced by plant–microbe interactions. For example, the symbiosis of soil fungus with plant roots leads to the production of signals that aid plants in tolerating a stressful environment.
The genetic and transcriptomic bases for physiological acclimation are stress-sensing and signaling networks that activate target genes. Therefore, genetic engineering can be utilized to strengthen signaling networks and improve the stress tolerance of economically important plants. Moreover, other biotechnological approaches, such as mycorrhizations with arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal fungus, have great potential for improving the water and mineral nutrition of stressed plants.
All types of articles, including original research and reviews, are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Shaoliang Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drought stress
- salt stress
- toxic metals stress
- abiotic stress
- plant response
