Climate change gives rise to numerous environmental stresses, including soil salinity.
Salinity/salt stress is the second biggest abiotic factor affecting agricultural productivity …

Aquaporins are membrane channels that facilitate the transport of water and small neutral
molecules across biological membranes of most living organisms. In plants, aquaporins …

Plant growth and development are dependent on tight regulation of water movement. Water
diffusion across cell membranes is facilitated by aquaporins that provide plants with the …

Aquaporins are membrane channel proteins ubiquitously present in all kingdoms of life.
Although aquaporins were originally discovered as water channels, their roles in the …

Silicon (Si) confers several benefits to many plant species when absorbed as silicic acid
through nodulin 26-like intrinsic proteins (NIPs). The NIPs belong to major intrinsic protein …

In this review, we provide a brief synopsis of the evolution and functional diversity of the
aquaporin gene superfamily in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Based upon the latest …

Drought stress is a major global issue limiting agricultural productivity. Plants respond to
drought stress through a series of physiological, cellular, and molecular changes for …

Aquaporins are channel proteins that function to increase the permeability of biological
membranes. In plants, aquaporins are encoded by multigene families that have undergone …

The family of aquaporins, also called water channels or major intrinsic proteins, is
characterized by six transmembrane domains that together facilitate the transport of water …

We investigated how root hydraulic conductance (normalized to root dry weight, Lo) is
regulated by the shoot. Shoot topping (about 30% reduction in leaf area) reduced Lo of …