Plants' Responses to Novel Environmental Pressures

• Main Author: Raquel Esteban (auth)
• Other Authors: Massimiliano Tattini (auth), Alessio Fini (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; multiple stress; drought; acclimation; migration; warming; adaptation; pollution
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Plants have been exposed to multiple environmental stressors on long-term (seasonal) and short-term (daily) basis since their appearance on land. However, the frequency and the intensity of stress events have increased much during the last three decades because of climate change. Plants have develop...