ReviewFrontiers in plant science2018
Engineering Drought Resistance in Forest Trees.
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- The transcription factorHorticulture research · 2026Article
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- The root's hidden ally: How the rhizosheath microbiome fortifies crops against drought.aBIOTECH · 2026Review
- Elucidating the drought-responsive changes in poplar cuticular waxes: a GWAS analysis of genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis.Tree physiology · 2025Article
- Advances in Genetic Engineering Techniques for Improved Forest Trees: Applications in Biomass, Stress Resilience and Carbon Sequestration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Overexpression of jojoba wax ester synthase in poplar increases foliar lipid accumulation, alters stomatal conductance, and increases water use efficiency.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Genomic Analysis of Trihelix Transcription Factor Genes and Their Expression Underlying Abiotic Stress in Euphrates Poplar (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Photosynthetic Response to Phosphorus Fertilization in Drought-Stressed Common Beech and Sessile Oak from Different Provenances.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Heat-Priming during Somatic Embryogenesis Increased Resilience to Drought Stress in the Generated Maritime Pine (International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Responses to Drought Stress in Poplar: What Do We Know and What Can We Learn?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- How Tree Decline Varies the Anatomical Features in Quercus brantiiPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Ectopic expression of DnaJ type-I protein homolog ofFrontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Drought priming mechanisms in wheat elucidated byFrontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Rubber Genotypes with Contrasting Drought Factor Index Revealed Different Mechanisms for Drought Resistance inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Transgenic poplar trees overexpressing AtGolS2, a stress-responsive galactinol synthase gene derived from Arabidopsis thaliana, improved drought tolerance in a confined field.Transgenic research · 2022Article
- CRISPR-Based Genome Editing and Its Applications in Woody Plants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Genotypic and tissue-specific variation of Populus nigra transcriptome profiles in response to drought.Scientific data · 2022Article
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Abstract
Climatic stresses limit plant growth and productivity. In the past decade, tree improvement programs were mainly focused on yield but it is obvious that enhanced stress resistance is also required. In this review we highlight important drought avoidance and tolerance mechanisms in forest trees. Genomes of economically important trees species with divergent resistance mechanisms can now be exploited to uncover the mechanistic basis of long-term drought adaptation at the whole plant level. Molecular tree physiology indicates that osmotic adjustment, antioxidative defense and increased water use efficiency are important targets for enhanced drought tolerance at the cellular and tissue level. Recent biotechnological approaches focused on overexpression of genes involved in stress sensing and signaling, such as the abscisic acid core pathway, and down-stream transcription factors. By this strategy, a suite of defense systems was recruited, generally enhancing drought and salt stress tolerance under laboratory conditions. However, field studies are still scarce. Under field conditions trees are exposed to combinations of stresses that vary in duration and magnitude. Variable stresses may overrule the positive effect achieved by engineering an individual defense pathway. To assess the usability of distinct modifications, large-scale experimental field studies in different environments are necessary. To optimize the balance between growth and defense, the use of stress-inducible promoters may be useful. Future improvement programs for drought resistance will benefit from a better understanding of the intricate networks that ameliorate molecular and ecological traits of forest trees.
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