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Combining chemical and genetic approaches to increase drought resistance in plants

Authors :
Min-Jie Cao
Yu-Lu Zhang
Xue Liu
Huan Huang
X. Edward Zhou
Wen-Long Wang
Ai Zeng
Chun-Zhao Zhao
Tong Si
Jiamu Du
Wen-Wu Wu
Fu-Xing Wang
H. Eric Xu
Jian-Kang Zhu
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

Plants respond to abiotic stress via the phytohormone ABA. Here, Cao et al. report a series of new ABA receptor agonists, named AMFs, which have higher receptor-binding affinities and show that, when employed in tandem with ABA receptor overexpression, can significantly increase drought resistance

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.faca6ae17753427ca160e73a48a17683
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01239-3