Climate change is exposing plants to increasingly complex combinations of heat, drought, flooding, salinity and other environmental pressures that rarely occur in isolation. Understanding how plants perceive, integrate and remember these stresses is therefore central to both fundamental plant science and the development of resilient agricultural and natural systems. Plant Adaptation to Compound Climate Extremes: Molecular Crosstalk, Stress Memory and Resilience across Biological Scales brings together current perspectives on the mechanisms that enable plants to persist in rapidly changing environments. The volume explores molecular signalling and stress crosstalk, epigenetic and physiological memory, phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation, plant-microbiome interactions, hydraulic and metabolic regulation, root-centred responses, and emerging single-cell and spatial multi-omics approaches. Particular attention is given to the connections between cellular processes, whole-plant performance, reproductive success, crop improvement and ecosystem stability. By integrating evidence across molecular, physiological, ecological and evolutionary scales, this book highlights both established knowledge and important research gaps. It is intended to provide researchers, students and professionals with a broad framework for understanding plant resilience and for advancing climate-responsive strategies in plant biology, agriculture and ecosystem management.
Author(s)
Neha Kisku
University Department of Botany, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 834008, India.
ISBN 978-81-69986-95-3 (Print)
ISBN 978-81-69986-94-6 (eBook)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mono/978-81-69986-95-3
Climate change is exposing plants to increasingly complex combinations of heat, drought, flooding, salinity and other environmental pressures that rarely occur in isolation. Understanding how plants perceive, integrate and remember these stresses is therefore central to both fundamental plant science and the development of resilient agricultural and natural systems. Plant Adaptation to Compound Climate Extremes: Molecular Crosstalk, Stress Memory and Resilience across Biological Scales brings together current perspectives on the mechanisms that enable plants to persist in rapidly changing environments. The volume explores molecular signalling and stress crosstalk, epigenetic and physiological memory, phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation, plant-microbiome interactions, hydraulic and metabolic regulation, root-centred responses, and emerging single-cell and spatial multi-omics approaches. Particular attention is given to the connections between cellular processes, whole-plant performance, reproductive success, crop improvement and ecosystem stability. By integrating evidence across molecular, physiological, ecological and evolutionary scales, this book highlights both established knowledge and important research gaps. It is intended to provide researchers, students and professionals with a broad framework for understanding plant resilience and for advancing climate-responsive strategies in plant biology, agriculture and ecosystem management.