Main conclusion Environmental-friendly techniques based on plant stress memory, cross-
stress tolerance, and seed priming help sustainable agriculture by mitigating negative …

The molecular machinery that enables life has evolved in water, yet many of the organisms
around us are able to survive even extreme desiccation. Especially remarkable are single …

The most crucial component of every food product is its color, which increases its
acceptability and attractiveness. Synthetic colorants have gradually been replaced with …

Exposing their vegetative bodies to the light, lichens are outstanding amongst other fungal
symbioses. Not requiring a pre‐established host,'lichenized fungi'build an entirely new …

Tardigrades are ubiquitous meiofauna that are especially renowned for their exceptional
extremotolerance to various adverse environments, including pressure, temperature, and …

Climate change is rapidly altering natural habitats and generating complex patterns of
environmental stress. Ferns are major components of many forest understories and, given …

The lifespan or longevity of a seed is the time period over which it can remain viable. Seed
longevity is a complex trait and varies greatly between species and even seed lots of the …

To deal with increasingly severe periods of dehydration related to global climate change, it
becomes increasingly important to understand the complex strategies many organisms have …

Many plans to establish human settlements on other planets focus on adapting crops to
growth in controlled environments. However, these settlements will also require pioneer …

With global climate change, water scarcity threatens whole agro/ecosystems. The desert
moss Syntrichia caninervis, an extremophile, offers novel insights into surviving desiccation …