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Increasing populations and temperatures are expected to escalate food demands beyond production capacities. Increasing expression of glutaredoxin S17 from Arabidopsis thaliana provided tolerance to heat stress in maize. The thermotolerant maize lines had increased protection against protein damage and yielded a sixfold increase in grain production under heat stress field conditions. Our results present a robust and simple strategy for meeting rising yield demands in maize and, possibly, other crop species in a warming global environment. (Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2022).