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Research Project: Management and Biology of Arthropod Pests and Arthropod-borne Plant Pathogens

Location: Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research

Title: Resilient plants, sustainable future

Author
item RHEE, SEUNG - Michigan State University
item ANSTETT, DANIEL - Cornell University
item CAHOON, EDGAR - University Of Nebraska
item COVARRUBIAS-ROBLES, ALEJANDRA - Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico
item DUDAREVA, NATALIA - Purdue University
item EZURA, HIROSHI - University Of Tsukuba
item GILBERT, KADEEM - Michigan State University
item GUTIERREZ, RODRIGO - Catholic Pontifical University Of Chile
item Heck, Michelle
item LOWRY, DAVID - Michigan State University
item MITTLER, RON - University Of Missouri
item NELSON, ANDREW - Cornell University
item RESTREPO, SILVIA - Boyce Thompson Institute
item ROUACHED, HATEM - Michigan State University
item SEKI, MOTOAKI - Advance Science Institute, Riken
item WALKER, BERKLEY - Michigan State University
item WEBER, ANDREAS - University Of Dusseldorf
item WAY, DANIELLE - Australian National University

Submitted to: Nature
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/21/2024
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: Climate change is advancing quickly and poses a serious threat to our food supply, potentially leading to famine, migration, conflict, and societal instability. To address the climate crisis, plant scientists must continually evaluate research approaches in plant resilience and ways to translate research findings to practice in agricultural plant production systems in a coordinated manner around the world. The perspective article highlights the major obstacles currently hindering progress and offers practical recommendations to speed up research and adaptation efforts crucial for securing our food future.

Technical Abstract: The accelerated pace of climate change, over the past several years, should serve as a wake-up call for all scientists, growers, 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 varieties, and introduce them into our fields and 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.