Plant trait variation shapes plant–microbe interactions in changing climate

Abstract

As the climate crisis intensifies, finding strategies to mitigate its cascading effects is now a pressing global priority for both scientists and policymakers. In agriculture and ecology, a key first step is to understand how changing environmental conditions affect plant–microbe interactions, especially given the knowledge gap between findings from controlled experiments and those from field studies. In this review, we highlight known fluctuations in host factors that mediate interactions with surrounding microorganisms under changing climate conditions and discuss potential future directions to alleviate the impacts of climate changes.