Low-temperature stress poses a great challenge for agriculture, which is exacerbated by climate change and global population increase. In order to minimize the negative impacts of low-temperature stress on growth repression and yield reduction, plants undergo a plethora of physiological and biochemical adjustments. Studying how plants respond and adapt to low-temperature stress is of great importance not only for the fundamental understanding of environmental adaptation but also for generating stress-tolerant crop plants.
Stresses brought by low temperature can be classified either as chilling stress or freezing stress. Chilling stress is particularly caused by low temperatures above the freezing point, while ice formation in plant tissues as a result of exposure to temperatures below the freezing point is known as freezing stress. Much has been known about freezing tolerance, especially in cold acclimation. On the contrary, a lot remains to be explored about the ability of plants to maintain growth under chilling stress, especially at the molecular and genetic levels.
The aim of this Research Topic is to highlight fundamental discoveries about plant chilling tolerance that will eventually guide the development of crops that are resistant to chilling stress.
We welcome submissions of original research papers, reviews, and methods, including (but not limited to) research on the following sub-themes:
1. The molecular and genetic basis of chilling tolerance in plants.
2. The interaction between chilling stress and freezing stress.
3. The crosstalk between chilling stress and other biotic/abiotic stresses.
4. The discovery of novel chilling responsive pathways and genes.
5. The methods to enhance the chilling tolerance of plants.
6. The molecular and functional genomic approaches for chilling tolerant crops selection and breeding.
Please note that descriptive studies and those defining gene families or descriptive collections of transcripts, proteins, or metabolites, will not be considered for review unless they are expanded and provide mechanistic and/or physiological insights into the biological system or process being studied.
Low-temperature stress poses a great challenge for agriculture, which is exacerbated by climate change and global population increase. In order to minimize the negative impacts of low-temperature stress on growth repression and yield reduction, plants undergo a plethora of physiological and biochemical adjustments. Studying how plants respond and adapt to low-temperature stress is of great importance not only for the fundamental understanding of environmental adaptation but also for generating stress-tolerant crop plants.
Stresses brought by low temperature can be classified either as chilling stress or freezing stress. Chilling stress is particularly caused by low temperatures above the freezing point, while ice formation in plant tissues as a result of exposure to temperatures below the freezing point is known as freezing stress. Much has been known about freezing tolerance, especially in cold acclimation. On the contrary, a lot remains to be explored about the ability of plants to maintain growth under chilling stress, especially at the molecular and genetic levels.
The aim of this Research Topic is to highlight fundamental discoveries about plant chilling tolerance that will eventually guide the development of crops that are resistant to chilling stress.
We welcome submissions of original research papers, reviews, and methods, including (but not limited to) research on the following sub-themes:
1. The molecular and genetic basis of chilling tolerance in plants.
2. The interaction between chilling stress and freezing stress.
3. The crosstalk between chilling stress and other biotic/abiotic stresses.
4. The discovery of novel chilling responsive pathways and genes.
5. The methods to enhance the chilling tolerance of plants.
6. The molecular and functional genomic approaches for chilling tolerant crops selection and breeding.
Please note that descriptive studies and those defining gene families or descriptive collections of transcripts, proteins, or metabolites, will not be considered for review unless they are expanded and provide mechanistic and/or physiological insights into the biological system or process being studied.