Molecular Mechanism Underlying Plant Drought and Salinity Stress Tolerance
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: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 97
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mutagenesis; TILLING; phytohormones; jasmonates; aquaporins, drought and salinity stress response; crop; barley
Interests: crop nutrition; crop ecophysiology; using plant phenotyping techniques in the quantification of plant abiotic and biotic stresses
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Dear Colleagues,
Climate change and global warming are undeniable realities; unfortunately, their adverse impacts on agriculture are expected to worsen. Over the long term, food security may be jeopardized. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report (2023), the global mean temperature rose by 0.8 °C in the 20th century and is projected to increase further in the 21st century. In light of escalating climate change scenarios, which exacerbate the frequency and intensity of drought and salinity events, we urgently need to deepen our understanding of the molecular mechanisms governing plant responses to these abiotic stresses. While drought and salinity have distinct characteristics, they both induce water stress, leading to a slowdown in growth, altered stomatal aperture, and nutrient deficiencies, while concurrently resulting in heightened oxidative stress due to an imbalance in reactive oxygen species (ROS) biosynthesis and detoxification.
In this Special Issue, we invite research and review papers that investigate plant responses at the molecular level to drought and salinity stress, including oxidative stress, photosynthetic efficiency, detoxification mechanisms, and the regulation of aquaporins. Through these investigations, we aim to elucidate crucial insights that could drive new breeding strategies and facilitate the development of more resilient crop varieties, thereby informing agricultural practices to adapt effectively to the challenges of changing climate conditions.
Dr. Marzena Kurowska
Dr. Boris Lazarević
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- drought
- salinity
- oxidative stress
- antioxidant mechanism
- photosynthesis
- aquaporins
- gene expression analysis
