Water-use efficiency (WUE) is the ratio of biomass produced per unit of water consumed;
thus, it can be altered by genetic factors that affect either side of the ratio. In the present …

The use of beneficial microbes to mitigate drought stress tolerance of plants is of great
potential albeit little understood. We show here that a root endophytic desert bacterium …

Lesion Simulating Disease 1 (LSD1), Enhanced Disease Susceptibility (EDS1) and
Phytoalexin Deficient 4 (PAD4) were discovered a quarter century ago as regulators of …

Water stress may greatly limit plant functionality and growth. Stomatal closure and
consequently reduced transpiration are considered as early and sensitive plant responses …

Key message Arabidopsis and poplar with modified PAD4, LSD1 and EDS1 genes exhibit
successful growth under drought stress. The acclimatory strategies depend on cell …

Abiotic stresses have the greatest impact on the growth and productivity of crops, especially
under current and future extreme weather events due to climate change. Thus, it is vital to …

In Arabidopsis thaliana, LESION SIMULATING DISEASE 1 (LSD1), ENHANCED DISEASE
SUSCEPTIBILITY 1 (EDS1) and PHYTOALEXIN DEFICIENT 4 (PAD4) proteins are …

Abiotic stresses often occur simultaneously, and the tolerance mechanisms of plants to
combined multiple abiotic stresses remain poorly studied. Extremophytes, adapted to abiotic …

Planting bioenergy crops with high water-use efficiency (WUE) on heavy metal-polluted land
is a good practice for biomass production and phytoremediation. Switchgrass (Panicum …

Phototropins are plasma membrane-associated photoreceptors of blue light and UV-A/B
radiation. The Arabidopsis thaliana genome encodes two phototropins, PHOT1 and PHOT2 …