Abscisic acid and abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants

SK Sah, KR Reddy, J Li - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Abiotic stress is a primary threat to fulfill the demand of agricultural production to feed the
world in coming decades. Plants reduce growth and development process during stress …

The role of ABA and MAPK signaling pathways in plant abiotic stress responses

A Danquah, A De Zélicourt, J Colcombet, H Hirt - Biotechnology advances, 2014 - Elsevier
As sessile organisms, plants have developed specific mechanisms that allow them to rapidly
perceive and respond to stresses in the environment. Among the evolutionarily conserved …

Four Arabidopsis AREB/ABF transcription factors function predominantly in gene expression downstream of SnRK2 kinases in abscisic acid signalling in response …

T Yoshida, Y Fujita, K Maruyama… - Plant, cell & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Under osmotic stress conditions such as drought and high salinity, the plant hormone
abscisic acid (ABA) plays important roles in stress‐responsive gene expression mainly …

Regulation of leaf starch degradation by abscisic acid is important for osmotic stress tolerance in plants

M Thalmann, D Pazmino, D Seung, D Horrer… - The Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Starch serves functions that range over a timescale of minutes to years, according to the cell
type from which it is derived. In guard cells, starch is rapidly mobilized by the synergistic …

ABA-mediated transcriptional regulation in response to osmotic stress in plants

Y Fujita, M Fujita, K Shinozaki… - Journal of plant …, 2011 - Springer
The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a pivotal role in a variety of developmental
processes and adaptive stress responses to environmental stimuli in plants. Cellular …

Molecular basis of the core regulatory network in ABA responses: sensing, signaling and transport

T Umezawa, K Nakashima, T Miyakawa… - Plant and cell …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
ABA is a major phytohormone that regulates a broad range of plant traits and is especially
important for adaptation to environmental conditions. Our understanding of the molecular …

AREB1, AREB2, and ABF3 are master transcription factors that cooperatively regulate ABRE‐dependent ABA signaling involved in drought stress tolerance and …

T Yoshida, Y Fujita, H Sayama, S Kidokoro… - The Plant …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A myriad of drought stress‐inducible genes have been reported, and many of these are
activated by abscisic acid (ABA). In the promoter regions of such ABA‐regulated genes …

Pivotal role of the AREB/ABF‐SnRK2 pathway in ABRE‐mediated transcription in response to osmotic stress in plants

Y Fujita, T Yoshida… - Physiologia …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Water availability is one of the main limiting factors for plant growth and development. The
phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) fulfills a critical role in coordinating the responses to …

Genome-wide identification and analysis of drought-responsive microRNAs in Oryza sativa

L Zhou, Y Liu, Z Liu, D Kong, M Duan… - Journal of experimental …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
In addition to regulating growth and development, the most important function of microRNAs
(miRNAs) in plants is the regulation of a variety of cellular processes underlying plant …

Early abscisic acid signal transduction mechanisms: newly discovered components and newly emerging questions

KE Hubbard, N Nishimura, K Hitomi… - Genes & …, 2010 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) regulates many key processes in plants, including
seed germination and development and abiotic stress tolerance, particularly drought …