Editorial: Abiotic stress signaling in plants: Functional genomic intervention

Abstract

Editorial on Research Topic: Abiotic Stress Signaling in Plants: Functional Genomic Intervention.

The major challenge before the plant scientists is to develop strategies to increase the productivity of crop plants so as to feed the rapidly increasing global population. The increased anthropogenic activities have resulted in radical decrease of fertile land available for agricultural practices, and in addition, the impact of climate change, which poses environmental stress resulting in drastic decrease in crop productivity are major concerns for plant biologists.