ArticleThe New phytologist2015
Manipulating stomatal density enhances drought tolerance without deleterious effect on nutrient uptake.
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- Greater aperture counteracts effects of reduced stomatal density on water use efficiency: a case study on sugarcane and meta-analysis.Journal of experimental botany · 2024Pooled it
- A balancing act: how plants integrate nitrogen and water signals.Journal of experimental botany · 2020Pooled it
- Brachypodium SPEECHLESS2 Promoter Drives Expression of a Synthetic EPF to Reduce Stomatal Density in Sugarcane Without Pleiotropic Effects.Plant biotechnology journal · 2026Article
- Genome-wide association study identifies candidate genes associated with leaf morphological traits in grape (Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Identification and analysis of genomic regions influencing leaf morpho-physiological traits related to stress responses in greater yam (Dioscorea alata L.).BMC plant biology · 2025Article
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- Major genic factors influencing nitrogen response in rice revealed through in-silico characterization and expression dynamics of a set of novel candidate genes.Molecular biology reports · 2025Article
- Reduced stomatal density in wheat overexpressing EPIDERMAL PATTERNING FACTOR1 differentially affects red and blue light responses.Plant physiology · 2025Article
- Reduced stomatal density improves water-use efficiency in grapevine under climate scenarios of decreased water availability.Plant cell reports · 2025Article
- Metabolic engineering of stomatal precursor cells enhances photosynthetic water-use efficiency and vegetative growth under water-deficit conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana.Plant biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- Comprehensive identification of cotton EPF/EPFL receptors and functional characterization of the GhEPFL1-1-GhER1 module in drought tolerance.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- The maize aquaporin ZmPIP1;6 enhances stomatal opening and CO2- and ABA-induced stomatal closure.Journal of experimental botany · 2025Article
- Strigolactones optimise plant water usage by modulating vessel formation.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Genome-Wide Identification of the Dof Gene Family and Functional Analysis of PeSCAP1 in Regulating Guard Cell Maturation inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Differential expression and localization of expansins inFrontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Reducing stomatal density by expression of a synthetic epidermal patterning factor increases leaf intrinsic water use efficiency and reduces plant water use in a C4 crop.Journal of experimental botany · 2024Article
- Spider mite herbivory induces an ABA-driven stomatal defense.Plant physiology · 2024Article
- Genome-wide analyses of member identification, expression pattern, and protein-protein interaction of EPF/EPFL gene family in Gossypium.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- Optimizing Crop Plant Stomatal Density to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2024Review
- Response of stomatal density and size inEcology and evolution · 2024Article
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Abstract
Manipulation of stomatal density was investigated as a potential tool for enhancing drought tolerance or nutrient uptake. Drought tolerance and soil water retention were assessed using Arabidopsis epidermal patterning factor mutants manipulated to have increased or decreased stomatal density. Root nutrient uptake via mass flow was monitored under differing plant watering regimes using nitrogen-15 ((15) N) isotope and mass spectrometry. Plants with less than half of their normal complement of stomata, and correspondingly reduced levels of transpiration, conserve soil moisture and are highly drought tolerant but show little or no reduction in shoot nitrogen concentrations especially when water availability is restricted. By contrast, plants with over twice the normal density of stomata have a greater capacity for nitrogen uptake, except when water availability is restricted. We demonstrate the possibility of producing plants with reduced transpiration which have increased drought tolerance, with little or no loss of nutrient uptake. We demonstrate that increasing transpiration can enhance nutrient uptake when water is plentiful.
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