Heat stress (HS) caused by rapidly warming climate has become a serious threat to global
food security. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food crop for over half of the world's …

Heat stress during flowering has differential impact on male and female reproductive organ
viability leading to yield losses in field crops. Unlike flooded rice, dryland cereals such as …

Shifts in the duration and intensity of ambient temperature impair plant development and
reproduction, particularly male gametogenesis. Stress exposure causes meiotic defects or …

Plant-associated microbes include taxonomically diverse communities of bacteria,
archaebacteria, fungi, and viruses, which establish integral ecological relationships with the …

In natural ecosystems, plants are constantly exposed to changes in their surroundings as
they grow, caused by a lifestyle that requires them to live where their seeds fall. Thus, plants …

Plants are exposed to a wide range of temperatures during their life cycle and need to
continuously adapt. These adaptations need to deal with temperature changes on a daily …

High-temperature stress (HS) has become an alarming threat to the global food system.
Rice, an important crop that supports almost half of the global population, is vulnerable to …

Wheat starch is one of the most important components in wheat grain and is extensively
used as the main source in bread, noodles, and cookies. The wheat endosperm is …

Plant responses to abiotic stresses are dynamic, following the unpredictable changes of
physical environmental parameters such as temperature, water and nutrients. Physiological …

Heat stress coinciding with reproductive stage leads to a significant loss in reproductive
organs viability, resulting in lower seed‐set and crop productivity. Successful fertilization and …