Guest Editors
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ait-El-Mokhtar
Email: mohamed.aitelmokhtar@univh2c.ma
Affiliation: Department of Biology, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, 20000, Morocco
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Research Interests: plant tolerance, biotic and abiotic stresses, biostimu-lants/biofertilizers, salinity, drought, AMF, PGPR, organic amendments
Prof. Dr. Raja Ben-Laouane
Email: r.benlaouane@umi.ac.ma
Affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Moulay Ismail, Morocco
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Research Interests: biostimuants, PGPR, rhizobia, abiotic and biotic stress, compost, AMF, salinity, drought, biochar
Summary
Plants are susceptible to various biotic and abiotic stressors in their surroundings. In addition to the actions of various organisms such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, and herbivores, these environmental stresses also include drought, salinity, heat/cold stress, nutrient deficiencies, heavy metal pollution, UV radiation, toxic gasses, and pesticides. In response to these stressful situations, plants undergo various changes, beginning at the gene level and concluding with the synthesis of metabolites. Plant metabolism is essential for defense responses, physiological and biochemical regulation, and signaling pathways in adverse environments. At the same time, environmental stressors cause subtle feedback changes at the transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, and genome levels. Plant adaptability and survival depend on the proper activation of early responses, which helps to correct biochemical and energy imbalances brought on by stress.
This Special Issueis devoted to original research and review articles on plant adaptations to the action of different biotic and abiotic stress factors, as well as strategies that promote this adaptation. Numerous subjects about the most recent fascinating developments in our knowledge of systems biology and the molecular, physiological, and biochemical reactions of plants to environmental stressors are covered in this Special Issue. We especially welcome research and review articles that contribute to (but are not limited to) the following topics:
· Induction of plants' response to biotic and abiotic stresses;
· Modification of plant stress response using biotechnology techniques;
· Stress resistance-related compounds in plants;
· Integrative and comprehensive tools for exploring stress resistance-related genes, proteins, and metabolites in plants;
· Mechanisms of plant response to biotic and abiotic stress;
· Biostimulant's role(s) in crop adaptation under climate change-associated environmental stress;
· Organic amendments role(s) in crop adaptation under biotic and abiotic stress;
· Crosstalk between abiotic and biotic stresses: regulation and adaptation in plants.
Keywords
biotic and abiotic stresses, plant stress response, biologically active plant defense, plant stress-responses underlying mechanisms, Biostimulants for plant stress mitigation, organic amendements for plant stress mitigation
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