Plant-microbes Interactions and Resistance Against Abiotic Stress - Volume II

This Research Topic is the second volume of Plant-microbes Interactions and Resistance Against Abiotic Stress.

Abiotic stresses, such as cold, heat, drought, salinity, and heavy metals, limit plant growth. Plants interact with a wide range of different soil microorganisms, including prokaryotes, fungi, and viruses. These microorganisms can modulate various elements of plant defense mechanisms in response to abiotic stress. Symbiotic microbes can either enhance or hinder plant nutrient uptake and use efficiency, thereby impacting their growth and yield under stress. Plant-associated microbes also have the ability to alleviate stress through the activation of physiological, biochemical, and molecular pathways that coordinate ion uptake, nutrient metabolism, and the synthesis of compounds with osmotic or antioxidant activity.

A comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms underlying the interactions between plants and their symbiotic microbes can potentially improve plant resistance to abiotic stress.

This Research Topic aims to gather recent data and innovations in the study of the interaction mechanisms between plants and soil microorganisms under abiotic stress. It also aims to identify new prospects and directions for the development of plant and microbial biotechnologies.

Furthermore, this Research Topic focuses on unraveling the cellular and molecular mechanisms associated with plant defense responses against abiotic stress during interactions with microbes. We welcome studies that explore the structural, molecular, biochemical, and physiological aspects of plant defense mechanisms against abiotic stresses within these interactions. Additionally, studies involving the analysis of key stress genes activated during these interactions are invited. Moreover, works describing the effects of exogenous compounds on the activation of plant defense mechanisms against various abiotic stresses are also welcome.

We encourage the submission of both reviews and original research papers that contribute to the advancement of knowledge and understanding in these areas.

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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Policy and Practice Reviews
• Review
• Systematic Review
• Technology and Code

Keywords: endophytic microbiome, rhizosphere microbiome, plant-microbe interactions, endosymbiosis, biostimulants, plant adaptation and stress tolerance, biopriming, biocontrol agents, legume– rhizobial symbiosis, mycorrhiza

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