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Mani Rajkumar¹, Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad, Sandhya Swaminathan

¹National Environmental Engineering Research Institute-NEERI, CSIR Complex, Taramani, Chennai 600113, India. mraaj13@yahoo.com

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Area of Science:

Environmental Science
Plant Science
Agronomy

Background:

Crop plants face biotic and abiotic stresses, with climate change and heavy metals posing significant threats to growth and productivity.
Elevated atmospheric CO₂ can increase plant biomass and metal accumulation, potentially influencing plant-microbe interactions and metal bioavailability in soils.
Environmental factors like soil pH, metal type, microbial diversity, and specific climate stressors (warming, drought) modulate plant responses to heavy metals.

Purpose of the Study:

To review and discuss the influence of climatic parameters (atmospheric CO₂, temperature, drought) on plant-metal interactions in polluted soils.
To explore the effects of climate change and heavy metals on plant-microbe interactions, phytoremediation, and food/feed safety.
To highlight the critical need for predicting plant-metal responses to climate change for ensuring future food security.

Main Methods:

Literature review and synthesis of existing research on climate change, heavy metals, and plant physiology.
Analysis of direct and indirect effects of climate stressors on plant-metal dynamics.
Discussion of plant-microbe interactions, phytoremediation strategies, and food safety implications.

Main Results:

Climate change, particularly elevated CO₂, can enhance metal accumulation in plants.
Indirect effects of climate change alter soil metal bioavailability and plant growth.
Plant responses to combined climate and heavy metal stress are complex and depend on environmental and plant-specific factors.

Conclusions:

Predicting plant-metal interactions under climate change is essential for developing climate-resilient crops.
Selecting crop varieties that tolerate multi-stress conditions without accumulating toxic metals is key for future food security.
Further research is needed to understand the intricate interplay between climate, soil, plants, and microbes in polluted environments.