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Plants and low oxygen: from sensing and signalling to ecological adaptation and crop resilience

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Plants and low oxygen: from sensing and signalling to ecological adaptation and crop resilience Low oxygen is a recurring feature of plant life, arising as both an environmental stress and a developmental condition.It is imposed by waterlogging, flooding, and submergence, but it also occurs within organs and tissues where oxygen demand exceeds supply.This Special Issue, Plants and low oxygen, brings together 14 reviews and one research article on how plants sense, signal, tolerate, avoid, and recover from oxygen limitation.Together, they show that low-oxygen biology now spans molecular sensing, redox and gasotransmitter signalling, systemic metabolism, anatomical adaptation, ecological diversity, and crop resilience (Box 1).

Source: Journal of Experimental Botany

DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erag440

Authors: Takeshi Fukao, Motoyuki Ashikari, Mikio Nakazono

Institutions: Fukui Prefectural University, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya University, The University of Western Australia

Language: English

Topic: Plant responses to water stress

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,341