The Environmental Stress Physiology of Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 783
Special Issue Editor
Interests: how plants acclimate to abiotic stress conditions in their environment through adjustments in photosynthetic efficiency, growth and ion uptake rates; the mechanisms behind adaptation to elevated heavy metal concentrations in the soil, both naturally occurring (serpentine) and from anthropogenic sources (phytoremediation); how salt-tolerant species can be used in adapting our agricultural systems for the future under current climate projections
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Given the sessile nature of plants, it is essential that they are able to adapt to fluctuations in abiotic resources in their environment to survive. Climate change is amplifying abiotic stress conditions, with significant shifts in temperature regimes, exacerbated drought conditions, increasing soil salinity and greater instability in resource availability. Through studies of drought, salt and temperature stress tolerance, we know that plants may alter their primary and secondary metabolism and make physiological and morphological adjustments to cope to a certain degree. Complex networks of chemical and hormonal signaling and changes in gene expression provide insight into the factors that may determine stress tolerance and sensitivity. In many instances, these responses are mediated or augmented by interactions with microbial communities both below- and aboveground. While this adds to the complexity of the response observed, it also highlights the role that interconnectivity between organisms may play in mediating the response. To maintain a secure food supply and guide conservation efforts, it is essential to determine the thresholds of the physiological response of plants to extremes in abiotic factors in the context of their full biotic and abiotic niche. This Special Issue of Plants will feature research on the physiology response of plants to a wide range of environmental stresses, including temperature, drought, salinity, light, heavy metals and other anthropogenic contaminants. Studies using multidisciplinary techniques to investigate mechanisms of tolerance (biochemical, molecular) and those demonstrating interactions between plants and microbiota to combat environmental stress factors are especially welcome.
Dr. Emily Rose Palm
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- genomics
- growth regulation
- metabolomics
- phyllosphere physiological adaptation
- primary metabolism
- secondary metabolism
- signaling networks
- soil microbiome
