Biostimulant Regulation of Stress Tolerance in Plants
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: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 289
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Interests: Phytohormones; Cell signaling; ABA Biotechnology; Abiotic stress
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Dear Colleagues,
Human population feeding depends to a large degree on crops stress resistance. Biotic as well as abiotic stresses, enhanced by climate change, represent the main limiting factors in world wide food production. The use of agricultural formulations containing biostimulants that enhance tolerance to abiotic stress is a promising strategy to cope with the aforementioned threat. These formulations can improve osmotic adjustment, antioxidant response, and potentially regulate plant transpiration. In this regard, phythormones such as abscisic acid, auxin, brassinosteroid, cytokinin, ethylene, gibberellic acid, jasmonic acid, salicylic acid, and strigolactone, are able to regulate plant stress responses, among other processes related with growth and development. On the other hand, different kinds of solutes, such as proline and other amino acids, glycine betaine, and sugars protect plant cell structure and function, facilitating water uptake and retention. Therefore, these osmoprotectants induce tolerance against osmotic stress.
To cope with plant growth and survival under suboptimal environments, research on hormonal and other biostimulant regulation of plant stress is mandatory. This Special Issue of IJMS on “Biostimulant Regulation of Stress Tolerance in Plants” intends to group original research articles and review papers regarding this matter from hormone synthesis to perception, signaling, and response. Unveiling stress tolerance mechanisms in plants opens new opportunities for agbiotech applications and food production enhancement. The final output aims to provide the fundamental basis for further stress-resistance breeding in crops.
Dr. Gaston Alfredo Pizzio
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- phytohormones
- abscisic acid
- auxin
- brassinosteroid
- cytokinin
- ethylene
- gibberellic acid
- jasmonic acid
- salicylic acid
- strigolactone
- biotic stress
- abiotic stress: drought, salt, heat, cold, flooding and UV radiation
