AUTHOR=Gao Jie , Kim Kyung-Min , Gielis Johan , Liu Weiguo TITLE=Editorial: Flourishing in arid realms: exploring the adaptation of plant functional traits to drought environments JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science VOLUME=Volume 16 - 2025 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2025.1627814 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2025.1627814 ISSN=1664-462X