In recent years, abiotic stresses (salinity, drought, flooding, low temperature, high temperature, UV radiation, and heavy metal toxicity) and biotic stresses (fungi, bacteria, viruses, insects) have severely affected the growth and development of woody plants as a result of the intensification of global climate change. Woody plants, as perennial species, have evolved complex physiological (such as anthocyanin, lignin, and other metabolic substances) and molecular (stress-responsive genes, noncoding RNAs, etc.) mechanisms in the face of a variety of stresses, which enable them to adapt to the environmental changes. However, the understanding of stress adaptation mechanisms in woody plants is still limited. A better exploration and elaboration of the physiological and molecular mechanisms of woody plants under abiotic and biotic stresses will not only ensure the cultivation, quality, and economic utilization value of woody plants under different environmental conditions but also help to efficiently create new varieties of woody plants.
In this Research Topic, we aim to collect the latest research on the response of woody plants to abiotic and biotic stresses, focusing on genome-wide association studies (GWAS), quantitative trait locus (QTL), and multi-omics studies to reveal the physiological and molecular mechanisms of woody plants adapting to stresses. Works describing the effect of the exogenous application of compounds on woody plants under various abiotic and biotic stresses are especially appreciated. New findings related to cloning and function analysis of key stress genes are also invited. All types of articles, including original research, review, mini review, method, perspective, and opinion are welcomed in this Research Topic. Topics include, but are not limited to:
• Unique physiological, biochemical, and molecular response of woody plants to abiotic and biotic stresses;
• Novel stress-responsive genes, noncoding RNAs, and pathways to regulate stress tolerance in woody plants;
• Alleviation of stress tolerance of woody plants by exogenous application of compounds;
• GWAS, QTL, and multi-omics approaches to the adaptive stress mechanisms in woody plants.
Please note: Based on the general guidelines of Frontiers in Plant Sciences, descriptive studies are not encouraged in this research topic (e.g., those cataloging gene expression changes in stress-exposed plants but not exploring the functional relevance of differentially expressed genes/pathways).
In recent years, abiotic stresses (salinity, drought, flooding, low temperature, high temperature, UV radiation, and heavy metal toxicity) and biotic stresses (fungi, bacteria, viruses, insects) have severely affected the growth and development of woody plants as a result of the intensification of global climate change. Woody plants, as perennial species, have evolved complex physiological (such as anthocyanin, lignin, and other metabolic substances) and molecular (stress-responsive genes, noncoding RNAs, etc.) mechanisms in the face of a variety of stresses, which enable them to adapt to the environmental changes. However, the understanding of stress adaptation mechanisms in woody plants is still limited. A better exploration and elaboration of the physiological and molecular mechanisms of woody plants under abiotic and biotic stresses will not only ensure the cultivation, quality, and economic utilization value of woody plants under different environmental conditions but also help to efficiently create new varieties of woody plants.
In this Research Topic, we aim to collect the latest research on the response of woody plants to abiotic and biotic stresses, focusing on genome-wide association studies (GWAS), quantitative trait locus (QTL), and multi-omics studies to reveal the physiological and molecular mechanisms of woody plants adapting to stresses. Works describing the effect of the exogenous application of compounds on woody plants under various abiotic and biotic stresses are especially appreciated. New findings related to cloning and function analysis of key stress genes are also invited. All types of articles, including original research, review, mini review, method, perspective, and opinion are welcomed in this Research Topic. Topics include, but are not limited to:
• Unique physiological, biochemical, and molecular response of woody plants to abiotic and biotic stresses;
• Novel stress-responsive genes, noncoding RNAs, and pathways to regulate stress tolerance in woody plants;
• Alleviation of stress tolerance of woody plants by exogenous application of compounds;
• GWAS, QTL, and multi-omics approaches to the adaptive stress mechanisms in woody plants.
Please note: Based on the general guidelines of Frontiers in Plant Sciences, descriptive studies are not encouraged in this research topic (e.g., those cataloging gene expression changes in stress-exposed plants but not exploring the functional relevance of differentially expressed genes/pathways).