Water Relations in Plants to Address Current Challenges for Plants (Joint Special Issue with XVII Spanish-Portuguese Symposium on Plant Water Relations)

Plant Ecophysiology ( PlantEcophys ) is announcing a collection together with the XVII Spanish-Portuguese Symposium on Plant Water Relations (XVII SP SPWR), which is a global event taking place in Pamplona, Spain, from February 25–27, 2026, organized by the Water Relations Group from the Spanish Plant Biology Society. It will bring together scientists, industry professionals and policy makers to explore the latest advances in plant water relations and their role in tackling today’s environmental and agricultural challenges. The collection will select papers will from XVII SP SPWR, and also welcome submissions on related topics including: 1. Physiological and molecular mechanisms of water relations 2. Water relations in natural systems: from grasslands to forests 3. Water relations in agriculturally important species 4. New methodologies and technologies for monitoring plant water relations 5. Water relations in the context of global change 6. Integrated water management in agricultural and forest systems Academic Editors: Prof. Jaume Flexas (Editor-in-Chief of PlantEcophys) Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Dr. Iker Aranjuelo Michelena (Organizer of XVII SP SPWR) Instituto de Agrobiotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, (IdAB-CSIC), Pamplona, Spain Prof. Ismael Aranda García (Organizer of XVII SP SPWR) Instituto de Ciencias Forestales, Centro Nacional Instituto de Investigaciones Agrarias y Alimentarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, (ICIFOR-INIA-CSIC), Madrid, Spain Dr. José M. Torres-Ruiz Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, (IRNAS-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain Submission Guideline : Author submission guidelines can be found at: https://www.sciltp.com/journals/PlantEcophys/instructionForAuthors . All manuscripts will undergo rigorous peer review according to the journal’s established policies. Final selection of papers will depend on peer-review outcomes and evaluations by the Academic Editors.