Plants are vital to human health and well-being, as well as helping to protect the environment against the negative impacts of climate change. They are an essential part of the ‘One Health’ strategy that seeks to balance and optimize the health of people, animals and the environment. Crucially, plants are central to nature-based solutions to climate mitigation, not least because soil carbon storage is an attractive strategy for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and the associated climate change. Agriculture depends on genetically pure, high-quality seeds that are free from pests and pathogens and contain a required degree of genetic purity. This themed collection addresses key questions in the field encompassing the biochemical mechanisms that underlie plant responses and adaptations to a changing climate. This collection encompasses an analysis of the biochemistry and molecular mechanisms underpinning crop and forest resilience, together with considerations of plant adaptations to climate change-associated stresses, including drought, floods and heatwaves, and the increased threats posed by pathogens and pests.

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植物适应气候变化

植物对人类健康和福祉至关重要，并有助于保护环境免受气候变化的负面影响。它们是“同一个健康”战略的重要组成部分，该战略旨在平衡和优化人类、动物和环境的健康。至关重要的是，植物是基于自然的气候缓解解决方案的核心，尤其是因为土壤碳储存是缓解温室气体排放和相关气候变化的一项有吸引力的策略。农业依赖于基因纯净、优质的种子，这些种子不含害虫和病原体，并含有所需的基因纯度。该主题集解决了该领域的关键问题，包括植物对气候变化的反应和适应的生化机制。该合集包括对支撑作物和森林恢复力的生物化学和分子机制的分析，以及对植物对气候变化相关压力（包括干旱、洪水和热浪）以及病原体和害虫造成的日益增加的威胁的适应的考虑。