Big congratulations to Akshay U. Nair and the entire team from Allulab on this fantastic publication! This work uncovers how rice seedlings survive sudden heat waves by rewiring their internal signalling, in which ethylene and jasmonic acid converge to activate powerful ERF regulatory hubs. These hubs fine-tune the balance between stress response and growth, and remarkably, hormone priming boosts thermotolerance. A major step toward designing climate-resilient crops for the future.

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