@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00079926, author = {Balestrazzi , Alma and O Yoshiyama, Kaoru and Sakamoto, Ayako and Sakamoto, Ayako}, journal = {Front. Plant Sci.}, month = {Apr}, note = {Plants are sessile organisms endowed with astonishing genomic plasticity. A plethora of undesired events challenge DNA integrity and a deeper knowledge of the mechanisms underlying DNA repair and maintenance of genome stability will help improving our understanding of how plants cope with hostile environments in this era of global climate change. This Research Topic provides a comprehensive overview of the current progress on the study of the genotoxic stress response in plants at the cellular and molecular level.}, title = {Editorial. The Maintenance of Genome Integrity in Plants: Novel Challenges in Basic and Applied Research}, year = {2020} }