Rice with reduced stomatal density conserves water and has improved drought tolerance under future climate conditions

RS Caine, X Yin, J Sloan, EL Harrison… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… tolerance, but did not quantify reductions in water use, nor investigate how fewer stomata
how reducing stomatal density in the major food crop, rice, affects water use, drought tolerance …

Induced genetic variations in stomatal density and size of rice strongly affects water use efficiency and responses to drought stresses

MK Pitaloka, RS Caine, C Hepworth… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
rice variety to adapt to drought and heat stress. We propose that low stomata density and
small size have high potential as genetic donors for improving WUE in climate-ready rice. …

The influences of stomatal size and density on rice abiotic stress resilience

RS Caine, EL Harrison, J Sloan, PM Flis… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… Together, our results suggest that the ideal combination of traits for growth of rice under
drought conditions would be small plant size together with either a very low SD (leading to a very …

The Influences of Stomatal Size and Density on Rice Drought, Salinity and VPD Resilience

RS Caine, EL Harrison, JM Sloan, PM Flis, S Fischer… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
… It is unclear which conformation of stomatal size (SS) and stomatal density (SD) will best
suit … of stomatal characteristics on rice abiotic stress tolerance, we screened the stomatal

Phytochrome B control of total leaf area and stomatal density affects drought tolerance in rice

J Liu, F Zhang, J Zhou, F Chen, B Wang, X Xie - Plant molecular biology, 2012 - Springer
… that the rice plants deficient in phyB exhibited reduced stomatal density and stomatal
length, which presumably results in a decreased transpiration rate and thus enhanced drought

Rapid stomatal response to fluctuating light: an under-explored mechanism to improve drought tolerance in rice

M Qu, S Hamdani, W Li, S Wang, J Tang… - Functional Plant …, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
… We discussed the adjustment of stomatal conductance under fluctuating light in light of the
trade… that stomatal dynamics under fluctuating light is closely related to drought resistance and …

Rice breeding for yield under drought has selected for longer flag leaves and lower stomatal density

S Kumar, S Tripathi, SP Singh, A Prasad… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… By improving our understanding of the current pool of drought-tolerant rice breeding lines
and … ), our aim was to identify targets for further improvement of drought tolerance in rice. …

Broader leaves result in better performance of indica rice under drought stress

M Farooq, N Kobayashi, O Ito, A Wahid… - Journal of plant …, 2010 - Elsevier
… ), less stomatal conductance, and higher TE under drought than NILs with narrow and shorter
leaves. Under drought, … However, a negative correlation was observed between stomatal

Alterations in stomatal response to fluctuating light increase biomass and yield of rice under drought conditions

M Qu, J Essemine, J Xu, G Ablat, S Perveen… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… To study the natural variation of stomatal closure response during high to low light
transition, we conducted large-scale stomatal dynamics measurements in 206 minicore rice

Leaf hydraulic vulnerability triggers the decline in stomatal and mesophyll conductance during drought in rice

X Wang, T Du, J Huang, S Peng… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Stomatal modeling suggested that the decline in leaf hydraulic … decrease in stomatal closure
during the drought treatment, and may also trigger the drought-related decrease of stomatal