Climate challenges: can plants adapt in time?

Created March 24, 2026

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The rapid and human-driven changes happening to the climate are forcing plants to adapt quickly; this adaptation is not always possible and causes loss of genetic diversity. Advancements in biotechnology and phenotyping are crucial for accelerating plant adaptation to climate change, though cultural and commercial challenges may pose significant barriers. In addition to rewilding and de novo domestication, studies that investigate plant interactions with soil and airborne organisms can be leveraged to accelerate plant adaptation to climate change.

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Abiotic Stress Tolerance
Domestication
Global Warming
Plant Adaptation
Plant Microbe Interactions
Plant Phenotypic Plasticity
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English
MainTitle
Climate challenges: can plants adapt in time?
Original ids
https://doi.org/10.3389/fsci.2024.1522649
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publication
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contributors
  • Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
  • Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy, Florence, Italy
countries
Italy
Creator/Author
Full name
  • Francesco Loreto, orcid: 0000-0002-9171-2681;
  • Giulia Atzori, orcid: 0000-0002-2140-718x
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Description
The rapid and human-driven changes happening to the climate are forcing plants to adapt quickly; this adaptation is not always possible and causes loss of genetic diversity. Advancements in biotechnology and phenotyping are crucial for accelerating plant adaptation to climate change, though cultural and commercial challenges may pose significant barriers. In addition to rewilding and de novo domestication, studies that investigate plant interactions with soil and airborne organisms can be leveraged to accelerate plant adaptation to climate change.
Publication Date
2024-12-05
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Subjects
  • Domestication;
  • Plant Phenotypic Plasticity;
  • Science;
  • Abiotic Stress Tolerance;
  • Plant-microbe interactions;
  • Global warming;
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Frontiers in Science
Publication
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2813-6330
vol
2
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Last Updated
May 11, 2026, 08:12 (UTC)
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March 24, 2026, 22:53 (UTC)
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