Resilient plants, sustainable future

Seung Y Rhee¹, Daniel N Anstett², Edgar B Cahoon³, Alejandra A Covarrubias-Robles⁴, Eric Danquah⁵, Natalia Dudareva⁶, Hiroshi Ezura⁷, Kadeem J Gilbert⁸, Rodrigo A Gutiérrez⁹, Michelle Heck¹⁰, David B Lowry¹¹, Ron Mittler¹², Gloria Muday¹³, Clare Mukankusi¹⁴, Andrew D L Nelson¹⁵, Silvia Restrepo¹⁵, Hatem Rouached¹⁶, Motoaki Seki¹⁷, Berkley Walker¹⁸, Danielle Way¹⁹, Andreas P M Weber²⁰

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¹ Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. Electronic address: rheeseu6@msu.edu.
² Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
³ Center for Plant Science Innovation and Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
⁴ Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
⁵ West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
⁶ Department of Biochemistry and Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
⁷ Tsukuba Plant Innovation Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
⁸ Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI, USA; Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
⁹ Institute for Integrative Biology, Center for Genome Regulation, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
¹⁰ United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Station Robert W. Holley Center, Ithaca, NY, USA; Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY, USA.
¹¹ Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
¹² Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
¹³ Center for Molecular Signaling, Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
¹⁴ Alliance of Diversity International and CIAT, Kampala, Uganda.
¹⁵ Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY, USA.
¹⁶ Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
¹⁷ Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
¹⁸ Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; United States Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
¹⁹ Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
²⁰ Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Science, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.

PMID: 39643496
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.001

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Resilient plants, sustainable future

Seung Y Rhee et al. Trends Plant Sci. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;30(4):382-388.

doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.001. Epub 2024 Dec 5.

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¹ Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. Electronic address: rheeseu6@msu.edu.
² Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
³ Center for Plant Science Innovation and Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
⁴ Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
⁵ West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
⁶ Department of Biochemistry and Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
⁷ Tsukuba Plant Innovation Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
⁸ Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI, USA; Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
⁹ Institute for Integrative Biology, Center for Genome Regulation, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
¹⁰ United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Station Robert W. Holley Center, Ithaca, NY, USA; Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY, USA.
¹¹ Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
¹² Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
¹³ Center for Molecular Signaling, Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
¹⁴ Alliance of Diversity International and CIAT, Kampala, Uganda.
¹⁵ Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY, USA.
¹⁶ Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
¹⁷ Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
¹⁸ Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; United States Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
¹⁹ Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
²⁰ Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Science, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.

PMID: 39643496
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.001

Abstract

The accelerated pace of climate change over the past several years should serve as a wake-up call for all scientists, farmers, and decision makers, as it severely threatens our food supply and could result in famine, migration, war, and an overall destabilization of our society. Rapid and significant changes are therefore needed in the way we conduct research on plant resilience, develop new crop varieties, and cultivate those crops in our agricultural systems. Here, we describe the main bottlenecks for these processes and outline a set of key recommendations on how to accelerate research in this critical area for our society.

Keywords: agricultural sustainability; climate change; farm-to-lab-to-farm research paradigm; plant resilience; stress tolerance.

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Declaration of interests R.M. is on the Advisory Board of Trends in Plant Science.

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