Plant protection against biotic and abiotic stresses has become essential in modern agriculture. Pests impact a substantial number of crops every year, producing vast losses in crop production, and this is being aggravated by climatic change and other abiotic stresses. However, scientists are developing new strategies to increase plant resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses by using conventional and non-conventional products. Among the non-conventional products, biocontrol and biostimulant compounds are being developed as a complement or alternative to conventional products (mostly chemicals), so they enable the reduction of chemical products use. Plant metabolomics is an increasingly popular approach that allows us to characterize and identify the key metabolites involved in different biological processes, thereby helping scientists to understand how these products work and to identify which pathways are being affected by them. The advanced cutting-edge technology used for metabolomics enables researchers to dig deeper into the metabolome, but it also increases the complexity of the data generated.
The goal of this Research Topic is to highlight the status of plant protection against biotic and abiotic stresses using metabolomics approaches. It also aims to characterize metabolic pathways, the metabolites involved between the treated plant against biotic and abiotic stresses, and provide new data to understand (bio)elicitation. Reporting new approaches in metabolomics can bring new insight so that we may better understand plant protection metabolism.
The scope of the Research Topic covers many themes but it has a particular focus on the following areas:
• Metabolic pathways involved in plant protection/elicitation.
• Identification of metabolic biological markers.
• Multi-omics comparative studies.
• New metabolomics approaches including new technology, metabolite extraction, and data processing.
Plant protection against biotic and abiotic stresses has become essential in modern agriculture. Pests impact a substantial number of crops every year, producing vast losses in crop production, and this is being aggravated by climatic change and other abiotic stresses. However, scientists are developing new strategies to increase plant resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses by using conventional and non-conventional products. Among the non-conventional products, biocontrol and biostimulant compounds are being developed as a complement or alternative to conventional products (mostly chemicals), so they enable the reduction of chemical products use. Plant metabolomics is an increasingly popular approach that allows us to characterize and identify the key metabolites involved in different biological processes, thereby helping scientists to understand how these products work and to identify which pathways are being affected by them. The advanced cutting-edge technology used for metabolomics enables researchers to dig deeper into the metabolome, but it also increases the complexity of the data generated.
The goal of this Research Topic is to highlight the status of plant protection against biotic and abiotic stresses using metabolomics approaches. It also aims to characterize metabolic pathways, the metabolites involved between the treated plant against biotic and abiotic stresses, and provide new data to understand (bio)elicitation. Reporting new approaches in metabolomics can bring new insight so that we may better understand plant protection metabolism.
The scope of the Research Topic covers many themes but it has a particular focus on the following areas:
• Metabolic pathways involved in plant protection/elicitation.
• Identification of metabolic biological markers.
• Multi-omics comparative studies.
• New metabolomics approaches including new technology, metabolite extraction, and data processing.