New Insights into Plants’ Defense Mechanisms against Stresses
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 1145
Special Issue Editors
Interests: brassinosteroids; abiotic stress; temperature stress; cell membranes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants are exposed to many environmental factors, both biotic (e.g., pathogen infection) and abiotic (e.g., drought, heavy metals, high soil salinity, changes in temperature and light, and UV radiation). These various environmental stresses lead to the activation of plant defense mechanisms, which include the accumulation of low-molecular-weight metabolites, synthesis of special proteins, detoxification mechanisms and changes in phytohormone levels, among others. These processes are important factors in the adaptation of plants to a changing environment, which is also associated with increased chances for their survival and reproduction.
This Special Issue will be focused on “New Insights into Plants’ Defense Mechanisms against Environmetal Stresses”. We are open to novel research papers, reviews and opinion articles describing recent advances in plants’ defense mechanisms against environmental stresses, both biotic and abiotic, such as pathogen infection, drought, extreme temperatures, high salinity of soil, UV radiation, etc.
Dr. Iwona Sadura
Dr. Maciej Grzesiak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental stress
- biotic stress
- abiotic stress
- stress tolerance
- stress responses
- plant breeding
- plants’ defense mechanisms
