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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - Male germline development in plants is highly sensitive to heat stress, with elevated
    temperatures frequently impairing male fertility and consequently reducing seed
    production. Indeed, recent global warming has decreased major crop yields, emphasizing
    the urgent need to elucidate the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying
    heat-induced male sterility. This review synthesizes current knowledge on how
    heat stress disrupts microsporogenesis and microgametogenesis, and how plants
    counteract these stresses through diverse thermotolerance mechanisms. We emphasize
    temperature-sensitive processes, including meiotic progression in male germ cells,
    programmed cell death of somatic tapetal nurse cells, and post-meiotic pollen
    tube development. We further discuss how epigenetic regulators enhance thermotolerance
    by reprogramming DNA methylation landscapes and modulating histone variant distribution.
    Finally, we propose future directions aimed at understanding the mechanisms of
    reproductive thermotolerance from the epigenetic perspective.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Hiroki
      foaf_name: Nagai, Hiroki
      foaf_surname: Nagai
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=608df3e6-e2ab-11ed-8890-c9318cec7da4
    orcid: 0000-0003-1671-9434
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Xiaoqi
      foaf_name: Feng, Xiaoqi
      foaf_surname: Feng
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=e0164712-22ee-11ed-b12a-d80fcdf35958
    orcid: 0000-0002-4008-1234
  bibo_doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2026.102881
  bibo_issue: '6'
  bibo_volume: 91
  dct_date: 2026^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1369-5266
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1879-0356
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Elsevier@
  dct_title: Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying male reproductive thermotolerance@
  fabio_hasPubmedId: '41955759'
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