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Date: | 2020 |
Abstract: | Drought alone causes more annual loss in crop yield than all pathogens combined. To adapt to moisture gradients in soil, plants alter their physiology, modify root growth and architecture, and close stomata on their aboveground segments. These tissue-specific responses modify the flux of cellular signals, resulting in early flowering or stunted growth and, often, reduced yield. Physiological and molecular analyses of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana have identified phytohormone signaling as key for regulating the response to drought or water insufficiency. Here we discuss how engineering hormone signaling in specific cells and cellular domains can facilitate improved plant responses to drought. We explore current knowledge and future questions central to the quest to produce high-yield, drought-resistant crops. |
Grants: | European Commission 683163 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad BIO2016-78150-P Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación SEV-2015-0533 |
Note: | Altres ajuts: CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno |
Rights: | Tots els drets reservats. |
Language: | Anglès |
Document: | Article de revisió ; Article ; Versió acceptada per publicar |
Subject: | Drought ; Abiotic stress ; Signaling ; Root ; Hydrotropism ; Stomata ; Water use efficiency ; Climate change ; Food security ; Arabidopsis ; Cereals ; Sorghum ; Crops |
Published in: | Science, Vol. 368, no. 6488 (April 2020) , p. 266-269, ISSN 1095-9203 |
Postprint 21 p, 3.9 MB |