Chemical priming in agriculture
Climate change and recurring extreme climate events are major threats to food security worldwide. To safeguard the sustainability of current agricultural systems, it is imperative to minimise yield losses under adverse environmental conditions. Priming, the mechanism through which plants can perceive a mild stimulus to become more prepared for further adverse conditions, allows increased tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses in diverse varieties, including crops often recalcitrant to genetic transformation. Priming using natural or synthetic chemical agents has emerged as a promising tool in agriculture, given it does not require specialised technology and has the potential to be scaled-up without prohibitive costs. Important questions remain however, regarding the mechanisms underlying priming responses, the function of individual chemical agents, or their effectiveness in the field where the conditions are harder to control
This Collection invites original research on plant chemical priming, including studies on its genetic and biochemical regulation, the characterization of new priming agents, or its feasibility in field trials and agriculture.
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