Trade‐offs in plant responses to the environment

Abstract

Plants respond to changing and variable environments with molecular and physiological changes that enable adaptation. Many of these responses depend on available energy pools which means trade-offs between prioritised processes are inevitable. The flexibility in these switches can influence plant success in responding to extreme weather events. Trade-offs are also important in the decision to establish symbioses between plants and microbes or mycorrhizae and in plant responses to insect or pathogen attack. The Special Issue 'Trade-offs in plant responses to the environment' (Plant, Cell and