Ive De Smet

Contents Summary 1 I. Introduction 1 II. Temperature effect on stomatal development 2 III. Temperature effect on stomatal dynamics 2 IV. Conclusions and future perspectives 5 Acknowledgements 6 References 6 I. Introduction Stomata are found on the surface of aboveground organs of land plants, including leaves, stems, flowers and fruits. These micropores consist of two specialised guard cells that control stomatal aperture in a turgor-driven manner.

Abstract Elevated temperatures resulting from climate change adversely affect natural and crop ecosystems, necessitating the development of heat-tolerant crops. We established a framework to precisely identify wheat protein-phosphorylated sites associated with varying temperature sensitivities. We identified specific kinases primarily associated with a specific temperature, but our results also suggest a striking overlap between cold and heat signaling.

Covering more than 4.06 billion hectares around the world, forests harbor much of the terrestrial biodiversity (https://www.fao.org/state-of-forests/en/). They are important providers of ecosystem services and play a major role in climate change mitigation strategies due to their capacity to naturally remove large amounts of atmospheric CO2 (Hurteau, 2021). Their economic and ecological relevance is thus self-evident.