Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit short communications, research, or review articles to this Special Issue entitled “Plant adaptations to Environmental Stresses”.

Environmental stresses, both biotic (e.g., pests, viral, bacterial and fungal diseases) and abiotic (e.g., low or high temperatures, salinity and drought), have become a matter of debate due to complications regarding the consequences of climate change on world food safety, genetic diversity and plant resources. Plants have evolved several adaptation and survival strategies including molecular, biochemical and physiological responses, as well as morphological changes, to respond to various adverse environmental conditions. Plant adaptation to environmental stress requires several modifications in the plant metabolism, morphology, life cycle, etc. These modifications are mediated by various means, such as by the synthesis of functional and structural metabolites, the synthesis of a special class of phytohormones, or the regulation of cascades of genes and molecular networks. Pathways involving more familiar compounds are manipulated to produce stress-tolerant plants. Extremely tolerant plants possess a rich source of genes for introduction into other species to enhance stress tolerance. Therefore, learning about the molecular and biochemical mechanisms by which plants tolerate environmental stresses is crucial for genetic engineering practices to enlighten crop performance under stress.

This issue focuses on the impact of various environmental stresses on the development and growth of important plants, recent advancements in perspectives and mechanisms of plant adaptation and tolerance to various environmental stresses, and future approaches for alleviating the influence of these stresses and the improvement of crop production and yield.

Dr. Iftikhar Ali
Prof. Dr. Abdel Rahman Mohammad Said Al Tawaha
Guest Editors

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• plant adaptive features to combat environmental stresses
• plant–environment interaction
• plant signaling cascades for stress tolerance
• genetics approaches to produce stress-tolerant plants
• impact of climate change on plant growth