Warming Worlds, Shifting Microbiomes: Impact on Medicinal Plants and Endophytes

Climate change-induced shifts in plant microbiomes, particularly endophytes, may alter the medicinal properties and resilience of medicinal plants, underscoring the need to conserve these microbial communities alongside their host species, write Dr Kanika Chowdhary, Associate Fellow,  Social Transformation and CSR Division and Dr Mayurika Goel, Fellow, Sustainable Agriculture Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).