6 TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL SCIENCES, Trabzon, Türkiye, 19 - 22 Aralık 2024, ss.509, (Özet Bildiri)
Vegetables are vital for global food security, but their productivity is significantly affected by abiotic stressors including drought, salinity, heat, and cold. The stressors alter photosynthesis, chlorophyll concentration, phytohormonal control, and source-sink dynamics. Biochemical reactions, such as antioxidant activity and osmolyte buildup, are very important for protecting cells from damage and make sure they can survive in stressful situations. Improved breeding techniques, including traditional methods and QTL/candidate gene based approaches, have created stress-tolerant varieties. New genome editing technologies, such as CRISPR-Cas9, provide exact tools for improving tolerance traits. Omics methodologies, including genomes, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, offer extensive understanding of stress tolerance pathways and generate new opportunities for crop enhancement. Furthermore, soil–plant–microbe interactions, especially with plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB), offer sustainable and environmentally friendly strategies to improve vegetable resilience to abiotic challenges. This review combines these developments, emphasizing essential genes, pathways, and microbial interactions vital for stress alleviation. Combining classical breeding techniques with molecular, microbial, and omics-based approaches is crucial for tackling abiotic stress issues, promoting sustainable vegetable production, and enhancing food security under shifting climate circumstances.