Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses in Trees Species
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecophysiology and Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 29 January 2025 | Viewed by 291
Special Issue Editors
Interests: abiotic stress; leaf senescence; drought; poplar; hormone regulation; genome editing
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Interests: abiotic stress; hormone regulation; tree genetic breeding
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tree species, serving as foundational component of terrestrial ecosystems, play a crucial role in preserving biological diversity, regulating climate, conserving soil, protecting water sources, and maintaining ecological environments. Moreover, tree species provide wood and various wood-derived products. Yet, trees possess distinctive woody structures that necessitate the absorption of water and nutrients from the soil to support photosynthetic canopies that can reach heights of several tens of meters. The growth and development of trees are vulnerable to abiotic stress, including drought, soil salinity, heavy metal ion stress, and extreme temperatures. Furthermore, climate change, monocultures of forest trees, and anthropogenic activities have introduced risks to trees by exposing them to biotic stresses such as pests and diseases. This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements in the research field of abiotic and biotic stress in tree species. This Special Issue aims to present selected contributions focusing on advancements in stress sensing, signaling transduction, phytohormone regulation, multilayered regulation of stress, multi-omics, and crosstalk regulation between abiotic and biotic stress.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
Stress sensing:
- Drought;
- Salinity;
- Temperature;
- Ionic stress;
- Disease;
- Pests.
Signaling transduction:
- Reactive oxygen species (ROS) signaling;
- Ca2+ signaling;
- Protein phosphorylation or ubiquitination;
- Systemic or local signaling.
Phytohormone regulation:
- ABA-dependent or ABA-independent stress responses;
- JA signaling and response to insects;
- SA signaling and response to diseases;
- ETH signaling and response to stress.
Multilayered regulatory of stress:
- Chromatin-mediated regulation;
- Transcriptional regulation;
- Post-transcriptional regulation;
- Translational regulation;
- Post-translational regulation.
Multi-omics regulation of abiotic and biotic stress:
- Genomics and transcriptomic regulation;
- Proteomics;
- Metabolomics;
- Other-omics (lipidomics, glycomics, ionomics).
Crosstalk between abiotic and biotic stress responses:
- Phytohormone mediates stress responses crosstalk;
- MAP-kinase cascades mediate stress signaling crosstalk;
- Roles of ROS between biotic and abiotic stress crosstalk.
Dr. Hou-Ling Wang
Dr. Liu-Qiang Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- drought
- salt
- cold
- temperature
- disease
- pests
- response
- signaling
- phytohormone
