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Although light, temperature, and phytohormone signaling pathways have been extensively characterized, less attention has been given to how these signals are coordinated and integrated to regulate development under variable and often conflicting environmental conditions. While previous studies have primarily emphasized pathway\u2010level interactions, this review focuses on how environmental signals are integrated to regulate developmental outcomes under variable conditions. We synthesize current understanding of light\u2013temperature\u2013hormone interactions and propose an integrative perspective in which environmental cues are coordinated over time and translated into regulated developmental outcomes rather than immediate, proportional responses. We suggest that developmental progression reflects transitions among permissive, restrained, and committed states differing in responsiveness, buffering capacity, and reversibility. Hormonal feedback networks and chromatin\u2010based environmental memory further shape these states by integrating current environmental information with prior exposure. This conceptual view explains how plants filter transient fluctuations, delay development under unfavorable or conflicting cues, and stabilize developmental transitions once regulatory thresholds are crossed. By examining germination, elongation growth, branching, flowering, seed development, and stress\u2010adaptive responses, we identify common principles underlying hormone\u2010mediated developmental regulation. This integrative perspective provides a unifying view of how environmental signals shape developmental plasticity while maintaining stability, with implications for crop improvement and predicting plant responses under changing environments.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/ppl.71134","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,29]],"date-time":"2026-09-29T00:41:23Z","timestamp":1790642483000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Integration of Light, Temperature, and Hormonal Signaling in Plant Development Under Variable Environments"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"178","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0127-9600","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gayatri","family":"Mishra","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Biological Chemistry The Washington State University  Pullman Washington USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-1169-2325","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Akshay Kumar","family":"Sahu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Sciences National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)  Odisha India"},{"name":"Homi Bhabha National Institute Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar  Mumbai India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aman","family":"Kumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Sciences National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)  Odisha India"},{"name":"Homi Bhabha National Institute Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar  Mumbai India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-2496-7977","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anish","family":"Dash","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Sciences National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)  Odisha India"},{"name":"Homi Bhabha National Institute Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar  Mumbai India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-5098-763X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joshua Joseph","family":"Julison","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Sciences National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)  Odisha India"},{"name":"Homi Bhabha National Institute Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar  Mumbai India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Soubhagya Ranjan","family":"Bastia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Sciences National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)  Odisha India"},{"name":"Homi Bhabha National Institute Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar  Mumbai India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Soumyaranjan","family":"Barik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Sciences National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)  Odisha India"},{"name":"Homi Bhabha National Institute Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar  Mumbai India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Subhrakanta","family":"Parida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Sciences National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)  Odisha India"},{"name":"Homi Bhabha National Institute Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar  Mumbai India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kishore Chandra","family":"Panigrahi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biological Sciences National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)  Odisha India"},{"name":"Homi Bhabha National Institute Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar  Mumbai India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/ppl.13158"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41467\u2010022\u201032585\u20106"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"321","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev-arplant-050718-095919","article-title":"Thermomorphogenesis","volume":"70","author":"Casal J. 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