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Temperature Sensing in Plants.

Sandra M Kerbler¹, Philip A Wigge^1,2

¹Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Groẞbeeren, Germany; email: kerbler@igzev.de, wigge@igzev.de.

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Plants sense temperature through various molecular mechanisms, influencing their development and adaptation to climate change. This review covers key temperature sensing pathways in Arabidopsis, crucial for breeding climate-resilient crops.

Keywords:

Arabidopsis thaliana adaptation cold stress heat stress thermomorphogenesis thermosensor

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Area of Science:

Plant biology
Molecular mechanisms
Climate change adaptation

Background:

Temperature is a critical environmental factor affecting plant distribution and behavior globally.
Understanding plant thermosensing is vital for crop resilience in a changing climate.
Eukaryotic temperature perception involves diverse molecular phenomena like RNA melting and protein phase changes.

Purpose of the Study:

To review recent advancements in understanding plant temperature sensing mechanisms.
To explore four major temperature-responsive pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana: vernalization, cold stress, thermomorphogenesis, and heat stress.
To highlight the implications of these mechanisms for breeding climate-resilient crops.

Main Methods:

Review of current scientific literature on plant temperature sensing.
Focus on molecular phenomena underlying thermosensory signaling networks.
Analysis of four key pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Main Results:

Multiple molecular mechanisms with inherent temperature dependencies contribute to thermosensing.
Key pathways identified in Arabidopsis include vernalization, cold stress, thermomorphogenesis, and heat stress.
Progress has been made in understanding how plants integrate temperature information for development.

Conclusions:

Plant temperature sensing involves complex molecular networks.
Knowledge of these pathways is essential for developing crops that can withstand climate change.
Further research is needed to address outstanding questions in the field.