Physiological and Biochemical Research on Forest Plants to Improve Abiotic 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 April 2024 | Viewed by 499
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant physiology; secondary metabolites; volatile organic compounds; water stress; water relations; photosynthesis
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plant physiology; secondary metabolites; plant biochemistry; antioxidants; drought stress; poly-phenols; plant water relations; environmental stresses; photosynthesis
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last two decades, the percentage of crown defoliation and tree mortality has increased significantly in several European forests and these declining symptoms have been observed worldwide. Recent evidence of the sudden increases in tree mortality due to severe drought events and heat waves is raising concerns about the future of forests. Understanding the causes of this phenomenon and the mechanisms that allow the tolerance of plants to abiotic stresses is of fundamental importance, which requires new research on different scales, ranging from molecules to plants in their natural environment. In addition, new multidisciplinary approaches are essential to improve forest responses to growing environmental stresses at the molecular level, thus helping us to plan restoration activities and designing new forest management actions.
The Special Issue will focus on new research or review papers focused on physiology, genetic analyses and biochemical analyses in forest plants threatened by abiotic stresses.
Dr. Cecilia Brunetti
Dr. Antonella Gori
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forests plants
- abiotic stress
- ecophysiology
- genetic analyses
- dendrochronology
- biochemical analyses
