Plant stress responses encompass a wide range of complex processes that occur at the organ and tissue levels. Typically, molecular, biochemical, and physiological processes are studied in isolated plant tissues, and the communication between different plant organs after exposure to stress, which plays a significant role in plant adaptation mechanisms, is often ignored. Understanding these processes and their interplay at the level of an entire intact plant in real time requires very sophisticated high-resolution imaging techniques that do not disturb plant tissue. Recent advances in the application of non-invasive optical and biophysical methods in plant physiology represent a promising tool for describing the adaptation mechanisms of the whole plant under stress conditions. Traditional non-invasive imaging techniques such as chlorophyll fluorescence imaging, including more sophisticated optical methods (reflectance or transmittance, remote sensing), and optogenetics methods, used mainly in medicine, all share a common denominator: light. Using non-invasive light, these techniques may provide critical insights into photosynthesis efficiency, water transport and deficiency, tissue surface and internal dynamics, pigment composition, among other stress responses, without disrupting tissue integrity.
This research topic explores cutting-edge methods for imaging plant leaves and other organs, emphasizing the benefits of non-destructive, high-resolution approaches in plant stress physiology. We aim to highlight how light, by leveraging these techniques, allows for real-time, in-situ observations of complex plant stress responses and their interactions, contributing to our understanding of plant function as a whole under varying environmental conditions. We invite contributions on imaging and other non-invasive, light-mediated methods with applications in plant stress physiological research to offer a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in in-situ real-time plant tissue visualization and non-invasive monitoring of physiological processes.
We accept articles on, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Focus on specific physiological processes: photosynthesis, water and nutrient transport, biotic and abiotic stress responses, physical and chemical systemic signals
- Traditional and novel non-destructive imaging techniques: chlorophyll fluorescence, multispectral and hyperspectral imaging, thermal imaging, and speckle imaging
- 2D/3D imaging on organ and tissue scales: methods aimed at capturing whole-organ and tissue-level dynamics
- Real-time monitoring and longitudinal studies: the advantage of these imaging techniques in monitoring physiological changes over time
Keywords:
plant stress responses, imagine techniques, chlorophyll fluorescence imaging, remote sensing, optogenetics
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Plant stress responses encompass a wide range of complex processes that occur at the organ and tissue levels. Typically, molecular, biochemical, and physiological processes are studied in isolated plant tissues, and the communication between different plant organs after exposure to stress, which plays a significant role in plant adaptation mechanisms, is often ignored. Understanding these processes and their interplay at the level of an entire intact plant in real time requires very sophisticated high-resolution imaging techniques that do not disturb plant tissue. Recent advances in the application of non-invasive optical and biophysical methods in plant physiology represent a promising tool for describing the adaptation mechanisms of the whole plant under stress conditions. Traditional non-invasive imaging techniques such as chlorophyll fluorescence imaging, including more sophisticated optical methods (reflectance or transmittance, remote sensing), and optogenetics methods, used mainly in medicine, all share a common denominator: light. Using non-invasive light, these techniques may provide critical insights into photosynthesis efficiency, water transport and deficiency, tissue surface and internal dynamics, pigment composition, among other stress responses, without disrupting tissue integrity.
This research topic explores cutting-edge methods for imaging plant leaves and other organs, emphasizing the benefits of non-destructive, high-resolution approaches in plant stress physiology. We aim to highlight how light, by leveraging these techniques, allows for real-time, in-situ observations of complex plant stress responses and their interactions, contributing to our understanding of plant function as a whole under varying environmental conditions. We invite contributions on imaging and other non-invasive, light-mediated methods with applications in plant stress physiological research to offer a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in in-situ real-time plant tissue visualization and non-invasive monitoring of physiological processes.
We accept articles on, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Focus on specific physiological processes: photosynthesis, water and nutrient transport, biotic and abiotic stress responses, physical and chemical systemic signals
- Traditional and novel non-destructive imaging techniques: chlorophyll fluorescence, multispectral and hyperspectral imaging, thermal imaging, and speckle imaging
- 2D/3D imaging on organ and tissue scales: methods aimed at capturing whole-organ and tissue-level dynamics
- Real-time monitoring and longitudinal studies: the advantage of these imaging techniques in monitoring physiological changes over time
Keywords:
plant stress responses, imagine techniques, chlorophyll fluorescence imaging, remote sensing, optogenetics
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.