This Special Issue addresses how seed germination and early establishment are being reshaped by climate change, integrating advances in signaling, metabolism, seed structures, and seed technologies.It highlights recent conceptual and methodological breakthroughs that move the field from embryo-centric and stress-atgermination views toward an integrated, multi-tissue and life cycle perspective with direct relevance for crop resilience.
Bailly et al. (Fri,) studied this question.