About this Research Topic
To face the double pressures from the changing environment and increasing demand of the growing population globally, maize plays an essential role in securing food safety due to its strong adaptability. With climate change, the severity of extreme environmental stresses is projected to be more frequent, which affects maize growth, physiological processes, and productivity. It is important to explore the physiological mechanisms and regulatory measures in response to abiotic stresses.
The interactions between crop and environmental stresses are multistep and complex. The stress resistance response of maize is still an extremely complicated process. Studies on responses of maize growth, yield, or quality under stress conditions are growing exponentially, but the description at a physiological or biochemical level is still unclear. In addition, new knowledge of maize hybrids with adversity resistance has not been deeply excavated. Hence, it is necessary to capture current knowledge on the impact of abiotic stress on maize, especially the mechanisms and regulation of maize responses under multiple stresses, and to provide potential solutions that will ensure a sustainable supply of nutritious food to meet the demand from an increasing population under a changing climate.
In this Research Topic, we encourage advances in maize ecophysiology, growth and development, yield formation in response to abiotic stresses, and regulation management and mechanism. This Research Topic will cover a wide variety of areas, aiming to contribute to the overall knowledge of maize stress ecophysiology and regulation from several aspects and provide the theoretical basis for the effective cultivation measures of maize under abiotic stresses.
We welcome submissions of all article types on the following subtopics but are not limited to:
• The general and specialized science of abiotic maize stress (drought, flooding, salinity stress, heat, shading, and so on)
• Physiological and ecological mechanisms underlying adaptation of maize to abiotic stress
• Regulation management and their potential roles in maize responses to abiotic stress tolerance
• Original field experimental research and experiments under a controlled environment
The interactions between crop and environmental stresses are multistep and complex. The stress resistance response of maize is still an extremely complicated process. Studies on responses of maize growth, yield, or quality under stress conditions are growing exponentially, but the description at a physiological or biochemical level is still unclear. In addition, new knowledge of maize hybrids with adversity resistance has not been deeply excavated. Hence, it is necessary to capture current knowledge on the impact of abiotic stress on maize, especially the mechanisms and regulation of maize responses under multiple stresses, and to provide potential solutions that will ensure a sustainable supply of nutritious food to meet the demand from an increasing population under a changing climate.
In this Research Topic, we encourage advances in maize ecophysiology, growth and development, yield formation in response to abiotic stresses, and regulation management and mechanism. This Research Topic will cover a wide variety of areas, aiming to contribute to the overall knowledge of maize stress ecophysiology and regulation from several aspects and provide the theoretical basis for the effective cultivation measures of maize under abiotic stresses.
We welcome submissions of all article types on the following subtopics but are not limited to:
• The general and specialized science of abiotic maize stress (drought, flooding, salinity stress, heat, shading, and so on)
• Physiological and ecological mechanisms underlying adaptation of maize to abiotic stress
• Regulation management and their potential roles in maize responses to abiotic stress tolerance
• Original field experimental research and experiments under a controlled environment
Keywords: maize, ecophysiology, abiotic stress, yield formation, regulation management
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