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Beat the heat: plant- and microbe-mediated strategies for crop thermotolerance
Kirti Shekhawat1, Marilia Almeida-Trapp1, Gabriel X García-Ramírez1
1DARWIN21, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 23955-6900 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Heat stress (HS) affects plant growth and development, and reduces crop yield. To combat HS, plants have evolved several sophisticated strategies. The primary HS response in plants involves the activation of heat-shock transcription factors and heat-shock proteins (HSPs). Plants also deploy more advanced epigenetic mechanisms in response to recurring HS conditions. In addition, beneficial microbes can reprogram the plant epitranscriptome to induce thermotolerance, and have the potential to improve crop yield productivity by mitigating HS-induced inhibition of growth and development. We summarize the latest advances in plant epigenetic regulation and highlight microbe-mediated thermotolerance in plants.
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