Partner Or Perish: Tree Microbiomes And Climate Change

Authors

S. L. Addison, SCION
Megan A. Rúa, Wright State University - Main CampusFollow
S. J. Smaill, SCION
B. K. Singh, University of Western Sydney
S. A. Wakelin, SCION

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2024

Identifier/URL

40878177 (Pure); 38641475 (PubMed)

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https://search.worldcat.org/title/10369999668

Abstract

Trees, as long-lived, sessile, and slowly evolving organisms, are disproportionally impacted by the impacts of climate change. Gradual and ongoing selective pressures over extended geologic timescales has provided coevolutionary opportunity for both the tree and its microbiome (holobiont) to improve tree fitness under changing conditions. This coevolution of the holobiont could infer phenological plasticity to trees to adapt to rapid climate shifts expected in the Anthropocene. Systems-based approaches founded on complex systems sciences, holobiome theory, combined with an understanding of coevolutionary history and application of suitable model systems will expose more opportunities to manipulate the holobiont and help us to grow climate-resilient trees and forests.

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Addison, S. L., Rúa, M. A., Smaill, S. J., Singh, B. K., & Wakelin, S. A. (2024). Partner Or Perish: Tree Microbiomes And Climate Change. Trends in Plant Science, 29 (9), 1029-1040.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/biology/927

DOI

10.1016/j.tplants.2024.03.008