Anthropogenic activities have aggravated the effects of global climate change on ecosystems. Plants, because of their inability to escape from an adverse environment, suffer to a great extent from stresses, which can negatively impact their growth and development. Global warming is increasingly causing extreme climatic situations such as very high or low temperatures, drought and flooding events, hailstorms, wildfires, extreme precipitation events, and the reduction of fertile soil through desertification and salinization. In addition, warmer temperatures and higher humidity related with the climate change can also increase pest and disease pressure on plants by altering the geographic range, population size, and timing of pest and disease outbreaks. Taken together abiotic stress related with climate change as drought or extreme temperature can exacerbate the spread and severity of various diseases associated with biotic stress increasing the vulnerability of plants to pathogens (some examples include insects, fungi, bacteria or viruses).
Since the development of a plant includes its vegetative and reproductive development, any stress that affects these processes is important to consider as it could cause irreversible damage to the plant and could ultimately lead to its death. Vegetative development covers the development of the plant itself and occurs from seed germination to flowering. Reproductive development begins with the formation of the flower and includes the formation of gametophytes and gametes, the fertilization of gametes, and the growth and development of seeds and fruit.
The main objective of this Research Topic is to collect publications that study in detail the resistance mechanisms that plants have to successfully cope with different stresses related to climate change at morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels. We invite authors to submit manuscripts that suggest ways that new cultivation practices could mitigate the effects of environmental stresses while also allowing better yields, establishing sufficient food production for an increasingly growing population, and increasing farmers' income without negatively affecting environmental quality indicators. Additionally, papers in this collection could cover a wide range of plants, from horticultural crops or fruit trees for human consumption to ornamental plants for revegetation or landscaping projects.
Anthropogenic activities have aggravated the effects of global climate change on ecosystems. Plants, because of their inability to escape from an adverse environment, suffer to a great extent from stresses, which can negatively impact their growth and development. Global warming is increasingly causing extreme climatic situations such as very high or low temperatures, drought and flooding events, hailstorms, wildfires, extreme precipitation events, and the reduction of fertile soil through desertification and salinization. In addition, warmer temperatures and higher humidity related with the climate change can also increase pest and disease pressure on plants by altering the geographic range, population size, and timing of pest and disease outbreaks. Taken together abiotic stress related with climate change as drought or extreme temperature can exacerbate the spread and severity of various diseases associated with biotic stress increasing the vulnerability of plants to pathogens (some examples include insects, fungi, bacteria or viruses).
Since the development of a plant includes its vegetative and reproductive development, any stress that affects these processes is important to consider as it could cause irreversible damage to the plant and could ultimately lead to its death. Vegetative development covers the development of the plant itself and occurs from seed germination to flowering. Reproductive development begins with the formation of the flower and includes the formation of gametophytes and gametes, the fertilization of gametes, and the growth and development of seeds and fruit.
The main objective of this Research Topic is to collect publications that study in detail the resistance mechanisms that plants have to successfully cope with different stresses related to climate change at morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels. We invite authors to submit manuscripts that suggest ways that new cultivation practices could mitigate the effects of environmental stresses while also allowing better yields, establishing sufficient food production for an increasingly growing population, and increasing farmers' income without negatively affecting environmental quality indicators. Additionally, papers in this collection could cover a wide range of plants, from horticultural crops or fruit trees for human consumption to ornamental plants for revegetation or landscaping projects.