Special Science Issue: Plants and Heat

The June 12 issue of Science has a focus on plants and heat that includes several excellent review and research articles. In a very interesting review, Singh Yadav et al. discuss the complex and fascinating question of how plants sense temperature, emphasizing both the biophysical nature of temperature perception and the dispersed nature of it in plants. Sam Yeaman wrote a very accessible Perspective on how studying heat adaptations in wild plants can help develop heat-tolerant crops. Laine and Leino address how heat affects plant-microbiome interactions in complex ways. Two additional are reviews are by Bernacchi et al. on strategies to “safeguard photosynthesis” and Evans et al., who look at scale in plant responses “from molecules to biosphere”. This is a timely collection of thought-provoking articles that point to critical research areas needed for food security. (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) Science https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adz0700