Plant responses to multifactorial stress combination
2022/03/12 by Sara I. Zandalinas, Ron Mittler · 474 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Neuroscience · #Abiotic component #Abiotic stress #Agronomy #Biology #Biotic stress #Climate change #Ecology #Neuroscience #Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance #Plant growth #Plant responses to elevated CO2 #Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity #Stressor
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/nph.18087
published in New Phytologist 234(4), 1161-1167 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2022/03/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
Abstract
Human activity is causing a global change in plant environment that includes a significant increase in the number and intensity of different stress factors. These include combinations of multiple abiotic and biotic stressors that simultaneously or sequentially impact plants and microbiomes, causing a significant decrease in plant growth, yield and overall health. It was recently found that with the increasing number and complexity of stressors simultaneously impacting a plant, plant growth and survival decline dramatically, even if the level of each individual stress, involved in such 'multifactorial stress combination', is low enough not to have a significant effect. Here we highlight this new concept of multifactorial stress combination and discuss its importance for our efforts to develop climate change-resilient crops.
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