Water is the most limiting natural resource in many areas of the world, which, together with the current climate change scenario, promotes a framework of uncertainty and great challenges regarding the sustainability and viability of current agro-ecosystems. In the face of these changes, plants can make physiological adjustments such as biochemical and physiological changes, accumulation of metabolites, and responses at the genetic level. In this sense, the persistence of many crops depends to a large extent on their ability to adapt to current and future conditions, being able to ensure viable and quality production within sustainable and environmentally friendly management systems.
The lack of water in agriculture implies important losses in production, all of which requires the sustainable use of water resources. Within this framework, it is important to study the effect of drought stress on crop viability and to find solutions in the current situation of global climate change. To this end, it is necessary to detect and understand the main effects of drought stress on crop physiology. This Research Topic aims to increase knowledge on physiological and biochemical changes, the accumulation of metabolites in the presence of stress, as well as the effect on crop growth, quality, and production in a situation of reduced water availability. In addition, there have been great advances in the study of crops under deficit irrigation conditions for the sustainable use of water, as well as the detection of stress by means of techniques such as digital thermography.
Papers are expected to provide updates and recent developments in physiological and biochemical perspectives on the response to water deficit in field and greenhouse crops. Studies on stress detection and the application of strategies to minimize water use are also expected. Original research and review articles are welcome. For this Research Topic, potential themes include, but are not limited to:
• Physiological and biochemical responses of plants under drought stress
• Crop production in drought stress conditions
• Effect of global climate change and its relation to deficit irrigation
• Detection of stress and drought deficit in crops
• Accumulation of metabolites in crop in the face of deficit irrigation
• Oxidative stress in crop under drought stress
• Thermography
Water is the most limiting natural resource in many areas of the world, which, together with the current climate change scenario, promotes a framework of uncertainty and great challenges regarding the sustainability and viability of current agro-ecosystems. In the face of these changes, plants can make physiological adjustments such as biochemical and physiological changes, accumulation of metabolites, and responses at the genetic level. In this sense, the persistence of many crops depends to a large extent on their ability to adapt to current and future conditions, being able to ensure viable and quality production within sustainable and environmentally friendly management systems.
The lack of water in agriculture implies important losses in production, all of which requires the sustainable use of water resources. Within this framework, it is important to study the effect of drought stress on crop viability and to find solutions in the current situation of global climate change. To this end, it is necessary to detect and understand the main effects of drought stress on crop physiology. This Research Topic aims to increase knowledge on physiological and biochemical changes, the accumulation of metabolites in the presence of stress, as well as the effect on crop growth, quality, and production in a situation of reduced water availability. In addition, there have been great advances in the study of crops under deficit irrigation conditions for the sustainable use of water, as well as the detection of stress by means of techniques such as digital thermography.
Papers are expected to provide updates and recent developments in physiological and biochemical perspectives on the response to water deficit in field and greenhouse crops. Studies on stress detection and the application of strategies to minimize water use are also expected. Original research and review articles are welcome. For this Research Topic, potential themes include, but are not limited to:
• Physiological and biochemical responses of plants under drought stress
• Crop production in drought stress conditions
• Effect of global climate change and its relation to deficit irrigation
• Detection of stress and drought deficit in crops
• Accumulation of metabolites in crop in the face of deficit irrigation
• Oxidative stress in crop under drought stress
• Thermography
