Climate Change Challenges, Plant Science Solutions

Overview

Journal Plant Cell

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialties Biology
Cell Biology

Date 2022 Oct 12

PMID 36222573

Authors

Nancy A Eckardt

Elizabeth A Ainsworth

Rajeev N Bahuguna

Martin R Broadley

Wolfgang Busch

Nicholas C Carpita

Gabriel Castrillo

Joanne Chory

Lee R DeHaan

Carlos M Duarte

Amelia Henry

S V Krishna Jagadish

Jane A Langdale

Andrew D B Leakey

James C Liao

Kuan-Jen Lu

Maureen C McCann

John K McKay

Damaris A Odeny

Eder Jorge de Oliveira

J Damien Platten

Ismail Rabbi

Ellen Youngsoo Rim

Pamela C Ronald

David E Salt

Alexandra M Shigenaga

Ertao Wang

Marnin Wolfe

Xiaowei Zhang

Affiliations

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Abstract

Climate change is a defining challenge of the 21st century, and this decade is a critical time for action to mitigate the worst effects on human populations and ecosystems. Plant science can play an important role in developing crops with enhanced resilience to harsh conditions (e.g. heat, drought, salt stress, flooding, disease outbreaks) and engineering efficient carbon-capturing and carbon-sequestering plants. Here, we present examples of research being conducted in these areas and discuss challenges and open questions as a call to action for the plant science community.

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