About this Research Topic
Plants growing in nature are subjected to multiple stress factors caused by abiotic and biotic conditions. The sessile characteristics of plants make them vulnerable to those conditions. In addition, crop losses can be increased by simultaneous exposure to factors such as drought, heat, light, salinity, flooding, wounding, nutrient imbalances, heavy metals, high atmospheric CO2, UV-B, etc. Furthermore, simultaneous exposure to these stress agents adversely affects plant growth, development, yield, and food production. Besides, climate change and global warming have increased these environmental stressors. Plants, therefore, change cellular metabolite levels for controlling processes (e.g., programmed cell death, abiotic stress responses, pathogen defense, and systemic signaling) to counter harmful effects. Most woody plants are well adapted to adverse conditions; however, many aspects of adaptation mechanisms are still unsolved. Understanding woody plants' physiological and biochemical responses to combined stress factors is vital.
This Research Topic examines the impact of combined abiotic factors on long-lived plants adapting to stressful conditions by examining reactive oxygen species levels, gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, antioxidant defense system, phytohormone balance, and metabolic responses. Therefore, this article collection aims to bring together studies investigating the role of combined abiotic stress factors, especially in the functionality of woody plants (i.e., trees and shrubs), and unraveling their tolerance mechanism. We aim to clarify the whole picture of woody plants' tolerance mechanism through the physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses to combined abiotic stress factors such as drought, heat, solar radiation, salinity, heavy metals, atmospheric pollutants, flooding, etc.
This Research Topic welcomes authors to submit original research and review on the themes of, but not limited to:
- Physiological and biochemical regulation of combined abiotic stressor responses in woody plants
- Stress tolerance of woody plants under a combination of abiotic stress factors
- Molecular mechanisms associated with combined abiotic stress in woody plants
- Interactions between different types of abiotic stressors in woody plants
- Interactions between exogenously applied agents and combined abiotic stressors in woody plants
Descriptive studies that report responses to abiotic stress treatments without contributing to the mechanistic, or genetic, understanding of the responses observed will not be considered for peer review.
This Research Topic examines the impact of combined abiotic factors on long-lived plants adapting to stressful conditions by examining reactive oxygen species levels, gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, antioxidant defense system, phytohormone balance, and metabolic responses. Therefore, this article collection aims to bring together studies investigating the role of combined abiotic stress factors, especially in the functionality of woody plants (i.e., trees and shrubs), and unraveling their tolerance mechanism. We aim to clarify the whole picture of woody plants' tolerance mechanism through the physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses to combined abiotic stress factors such as drought, heat, solar radiation, salinity, heavy metals, atmospheric pollutants, flooding, etc.
This Research Topic welcomes authors to submit original research and review on the themes of, but not limited to:
- Physiological and biochemical regulation of combined abiotic stressor responses in woody plants
- Stress tolerance of woody plants under a combination of abiotic stress factors
- Molecular mechanisms associated with combined abiotic stress in woody plants
- Interactions between different types of abiotic stressors in woody plants
- Interactions between exogenously applied agents and combined abiotic stressors in woody plants
Descriptive studies that report responses to abiotic stress treatments without contributing to the mechanistic, or genetic, understanding of the responses observed will not be considered for peer review.
Keywords: woody plants, abiotic stress, drought, heat, light, salinity, flooding, wounding, nutrient imbalances, oxygen species levels
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