Abiotic stresses, such as water stress (drought and flooding), temperature (cold and heat), salinity, ultraviolet radiation, and heavy metals have intensified in recent decades due to global climate change, and severely impacted the growth, development, and productivity of crop plants. This has generated a growing concern between population growth and food security. Therefore, research related to physiological responses, biochemical responses, and molecular responses in plant organisms is of paramount importance to establish the effects of abiotic stresses and the possible resistance mechanisms and/or mitigation factors of these stresses in crops. In addition, the application of products that act as biostimulants and/or the use of microorganisms in agriculture has contributed to an increase in the tolerance of crop plants to abiotic stresses, even allowing an increase in productivity. It is noteworthy that the response mechanism to abiotic stresses is a multigenic factor. Thus, the integration between physiological, biochemical and molecular responses will allow a systemic analysis of plants, and the understanding of molecular mechanisms will contribute to breeding programs aiming to obtain tolerant cultivars to abiotic stresses with high productivity.
In this topic, complete articles, reviews and methods will be published with practical insights for agriculture, from the characterization of mechanisms used by tolerant plants to new and recent approaches to products (biofertilizers and biostimulants) or microorganisms that mitigate abiotic stresses in plants.
• Physiological responses and action of abiotic stress mitigators in crops
• Stress perception, signal translation and stress-related protein synthesis
• Metabolic adjustments in response to abiotic stress
• Transcriptional regulatory networks involved in abiotic stress tolerance
• Genetic engineering of plant response to abiotic stress
• Application of products that mitigate stress and increase plant tolerance
• Use of beneficial microorganisms to improve agricultural practices
• Bridge the soil-plant-atmosphere gap to increase tolerance to abiotic stress
• Epigenomics, genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics approaches in plant response to abiotic stress
• Practical insights into crop management and increasing productivity
Abiotic stresses, such as water stress (drought and flooding), temperature (cold and heat), salinity, ultraviolet radiation, and heavy metals have intensified in recent decades due to global climate change, and severely impacted the growth, development, and productivity of crop plants. This has generated a growing concern between population growth and food security. Therefore, research related to physiological responses, biochemical responses, and molecular responses in plant organisms is of paramount importance to establish the effects of abiotic stresses and the possible resistance mechanisms and/or mitigation factors of these stresses in crops. In addition, the application of products that act as biostimulants and/or the use of microorganisms in agriculture has contributed to an increase in the tolerance of crop plants to abiotic stresses, even allowing an increase in productivity. It is noteworthy that the response mechanism to abiotic stresses is a multigenic factor. Thus, the integration between physiological, biochemical and molecular responses will allow a systemic analysis of plants, and the understanding of molecular mechanisms will contribute to breeding programs aiming to obtain tolerant cultivars to abiotic stresses with high productivity.
In this topic, complete articles, reviews and methods will be published with practical insights for agriculture, from the characterization of mechanisms used by tolerant plants to new and recent approaches to products (biofertilizers and biostimulants) or microorganisms that mitigate abiotic stresses in plants.
• Physiological responses and action of abiotic stress mitigators in crops
• Stress perception, signal translation and stress-related protein synthesis
• Metabolic adjustments in response to abiotic stress
• Transcriptional regulatory networks involved in abiotic stress tolerance
• Genetic engineering of plant response to abiotic stress
• Application of products that mitigate stress and increase plant tolerance
• Use of beneficial microorganisms to improve agricultural practices
• Bridge the soil-plant-atmosphere gap to increase tolerance to abiotic stress
• Epigenomics, genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics approaches in plant response to abiotic stress
• Practical insights into crop management and increasing productivity
