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Research Project: Optimizing Photosynthesis for Global Change and Improved Yield

Location: Global Change and Photosynthesis Research

Title: Climate change challenges, plant science solutions

Author
item ECKARDT, NANCY - American Society Of Plant Biologists
item Ainsworth, Elizabeth - Lisa
item BAHUGUNA, RAJEEV - Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University
item BROADLEY, MARTIN - University Of Nottingham
item BUSCH, WOLFGANG - Salk Institute
item CARPITA, NICHOLAS - National Renewable Energy Laboatory
item CASTRILLO, GABRIEL - University Of Nottingham
item CHORY, JOANNE - Salk Institute
item DEHAAN, LEE - The Land Institute
item DUARTE, CARLOS - King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology

Submitted to: The Plant Cell
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/4/2022
Publication Date: 10/12/2022
Citation: Eckardt, N.A., Ainsworth, E.A., Bahuguna, R.N., Broadley, M.R., Busch, W., Carpita, N.C., Castrillo, G., Chory, J., DeHaan, L.R., Duarte, C.M., et al, 2022. Climate change challenges, plant science solutions. The Plant Cell. 35(1):24-66. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac303.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac303

Interpretive Summary: Climate change is a defining challenge of the 21st century, and the 2020s is a critical decade 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. We present examples of research being conducted in these areas and discuss their challenges and open questions as a call to action for the plant science community. We discuss research aimed at improving carbon sequestering capacity and climate resilience in crop plants to illustrate how plant science can help to mitigate climate change and enhance food security.

Technical 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.