About this Research Topic
The decreased production of crops caused by climate change globally poses a threat to world food security. The common adverse environmental factors that affect and reduce crop productivity worldwide are drought, heat, cold, water logging, and salinity. These stresses may change how crops grow and develop by affecting biochemical, physiological, and molecular processes, which could lead to a considerable loss in yield. Therefore, a large genetic base to meet the demands of climate change. The objective of this Research Topic is to explore cutting-edge research on mechanisms that allow horticulture crops to adapt to and tolerate abiotic stress under climate change scenarios.
As the world's population is expected to increase in the coming years, food security is a worry for stakeholders and governments. The growing challenges posed by climate change and its associated stressors demand innovative approaches to enhance crop productivity and ensure global food security. For the production of food for humans and animals, it is increasingly crucial to develop highly profitable genotypes with a wide range of tolerance, specialized to respond to climatic changes. This Research Topic presents a thorough investigation into various aspects of abiotic stress response, including molecular, genetic, physiological, and metabolic processes for the development of horticultural crop varieties for climate change conditions.
We welcome authors to submit Original Research articles, Reviews, Mini-reviews, and Perspectives that cover the below areas:
- Evaluation of agro-morphological traits and yield of horticultural crops under climate stress;
- New approaches to biotechnology and environmental friendly technology applied to climate stress;
- Recent perspectives on breeding methods in the era of genome editing, high-tech phonemics, and new plant breeding technologies for horticulture crop improvement;
- Molecular responses, genetic aspects, physiological adjustments, biochemical signals and agronomic strategies that enable horticulture crops to cope with adverse environmental conditions;
- Climate-resilient smart crop breeding using applications of artificial intelligence.
As the world's population is expected to increase in the coming years, food security is a worry for stakeholders and governments. The growing challenges posed by climate change and its associated stressors demand innovative approaches to enhance crop productivity and ensure global food security. For the production of food for humans and animals, it is increasingly crucial to develop highly profitable genotypes with a wide range of tolerance, specialized to respond to climatic changes. This Research Topic presents a thorough investigation into various aspects of abiotic stress response, including molecular, genetic, physiological, and metabolic processes for the development of horticultural crop varieties for climate change conditions.
We welcome authors to submit Original Research articles, Reviews, Mini-reviews, and Perspectives that cover the below areas:
- Evaluation of agro-morphological traits and yield of horticultural crops under climate stress;
- New approaches to biotechnology and environmental friendly technology applied to climate stress;
- Recent perspectives on breeding methods in the era of genome editing, high-tech phonemics, and new plant breeding technologies for horticulture crop improvement;
- Molecular responses, genetic aspects, physiological adjustments, biochemical signals and agronomic strategies that enable horticulture crops to cope with adverse environmental conditions;
- Climate-resilient smart crop breeding using applications of artificial intelligence.
Keywords: adaptation, cold, drought, crop growth, heat, yield
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