The roles of aquaporins in plant stress responses

Z Afzal, TC Howton, Y Sun, MS Mukhtar - Journal of developmental …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Aquaporins are membrane channel proteins ubiquitously present in all kingdoms of life.
Although aquaporins were originally discovered as water channels, their roles in the …

Arbuscular mycorrhiza effects on plant performance under osmotic stress

C Santander, R Aroca, JM Ruiz-Lozano, J Olave… - Mycorrhiza, 2017 - Springer
At present, drought and soil salinity are among the most severe environmental stresses that
affect the growth of plants through marked reduction of water uptake which lowers water …

Differential coordination of stomatal conductance, mesophyll conductance, and leaf hydraulic conductance in response to changing light across species

D Xiong, C Douthe, J Flexas - Plant, cell & environment, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Stomatal conductance (gs) and mesophyll conductance (gm) represent major constraints to
photosynthetic rate (A), and these traits are expected to coordinate with leaf hydraulic …

Carbon dioxide and water transport through plant aquaporins

M Groszmann, HL Osborn… - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aquaporins are channel proteins that function to increase the permeability of biological
membranes. In plants, aquaporins are encoded by multigene families that have undergone …

Localized and non‐localized effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis on accumulation of osmolytes and aquaporins and on antioxidant systems in maize plants …

G Bárzana, R Aroca… - Plant, cell & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis alters host plant physiology under drought
stress, but no information is available on whether or not the AM affects respond to drought …

Genome-Wide Analysis of the Aquaporin Gene Family in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

AA Deokar, B Tar'An - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Aquaporins (AQPs) are essential membrane proteins that play critical role in the transport of
water and many other solutes across cell membranes. In this study, a comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling resilience mechanisms of Quercus ilex seedlings to severe water stress: Changes in non-structural carbohydrates, xylem hydraulic functionality and …

A Gori, BB Moura, F Sillo, F Alderotti, D Pasquini… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, extensive dieback and mortality episodes of Quercus ilex L. have
been documented after severe drought events in many Mediterranean forests. However, the …

Stomatal dynamics are limited by leaf hydraulics in ferns and conifers: results from simultaneous measurements of liquid and vapour fluxes in leaves

SCV Martins, SAM McAdam, RM Deans… - Plant, cell & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Stomatal responsiveness to vapour pressure deficit (VPD) results in continuous regulation of
daytime gas‐exchange directly influencing leaf water status and carbon gain. Current …

A rice Serine/Threonine receptor-like kinase regulates arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis at the peri-arbuscular membrane

R Roth, M Chiapello, H Montero, P Gehrig… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
In terrestrial ecosystems most plant species live in mutualistic symbioses with nutrient-
delivering arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. Establishment of AM symbioses includes …

Illuminating plant water dynamics: the role of light in leaf hydraulic regulation

Y Grunwald, A Yaaran, M Moshelion - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Light intensity and quality influence photosynthesis directly but also have an indirect effect
by increasing stomatal apertures and enhancing gas exchange. Consequently, in areas …