Barak Simon, Farrant Jill M
French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, 8499000, Israel.
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa.
Funct Plant Biol. 2016 Jul;43(7):v-x. doi: 10.1071/FPv43n7_FO.
Plants that can survive and even thrive in extreme environments (extremophytes) are likely treasure boxes of plant adaptations to environmental stresses. These species represent excellent models for understanding mechanisms of stress tolerance that may not be present in stress-sensitive species, as well as for identifying genetic determinants to develop stress-tolerant crops. This special issue of Functional Plant Biology focuses on physiological and molecular processes that enable extremophytes to naturally survive high levels of salt or desiccation.
能够在极端环境中生存甚至茁壮成长的植物（极端植物）很可能是植物适应环境胁迫的宝库。这些物种是理解胁迫敏感物种中可能不存在的胁迫耐受机制的优秀模型，也是识别用于培育耐胁迫作物的遗传决定因素的优秀模型。《功能植物生物学》的这一特刊聚焦于使极端植物能够自然耐受高盐或干旱水平的生理和分子过程。
