Phenotypic Plasticity and Genetic Improvement for Field Crop Resilient to Environmental Stress

Dear Colleagues,

Adverse environmental conditions and climate change have devastating effects on sustainable crop production. In the context of global environmental change, the emission of higher levels of CO₂, the release of excessive nitrogenous compounds, heat stress, drought, salinity, low temperature, rainfall, and nutrient deficiency increase the risks to the yield of agronomic crops. A knowledge of the mechanisms of adaptation, tolerance, and resistance to environmental changes is indispensable to improving the performance of field crops. The key interest of this Special Issue concerns the ways in which we can better utilize traditional and non-traditional technologies to improve the phenotypic and genetic performance of field crops in response to recent environmental change. In particular, we aim to publish research on the recent trends and application of novel technologies to fend off production losses in field crops.

This Special Issue invites articles on the following key topics:

1. The morphological, physiological, and biochemical growth changes in field crops under prolonged environmental stress;
2. Systems biology-based approaches to understanding the crop responses to changing climate;
3. Application of molecular breeding technologies to mitigate abiotic stress conditions;
4. Integration of phenotypic, genomic, and transcriptomic strategies for developing field crops resilient to environmental change;
5. Utilization of novel genome editing technologies to improve adaptation, tolerance, and resistance to environmental changes.

Prof. Dr. Chaozhu Xing
Dr. Meng Zhang
Guest Editors

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• abiotic stress
• crop phenomics
• crop yield
• crop stress resistance physiology and genetic improvement
• innovative technology
• multi-omics
• adversity response mechanism