ArticleJournal of experimental botany2019
Reduced stomatal density in bread wheat leads to increased water-use efficiency.
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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
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- Technological advances in imaging and modelling of leaf structural traits: a review of heat stress in wheat.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Review
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- 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 studies and modeling of stomatal gas conductance reveal genetic control of water-use efficiency in sorghum.Plant physiology · 2026Article
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- Pan-genomic diversity of the EPF/EPFL gene family across wild and modern wheat species.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- QTLs for heat-induced stomatal anatomy underpin gas exchange variation in field-grown wheat.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- From roots to reproduction: the multifaceted roles of rapid alkalinization factor and epidermal patterning factor peptides in plants.Journal of experimental botany · 2025Review
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- SPEECHLESS duplication in grasses expands potential for environmental regulation of stomatal development.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Stomatal anatomy and gas exchange dynamics in the Brachypodium distachyon complex.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Smarter stomata: emergent technologies unlocking yield potential in a changing climate.AoB PLANTS · 2025Review
- Guard-cell expression of abscisic acid receptors for engineering water-use-efficient plants without trade-offs in growth.The New phytologist · 2025Article
- Stomatal economy: EPF1 balances stomatal density and efficiency.Plant physiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Wheat is a staple crop, frequently cultivated in water-restricted environments. Improving crop water-use efficiency would be desirable if grain yield can be maintained. We investigated whether a decrease in wheat stomatal density via the manipulation of epidermal patterning factor (EPF) gene expression could improve water-use efficiency. Our results show that severe reductions in stomatal density in EPF-overexpressing wheat plants have a detrimental outcome on yields. However, wheat plants with a more moderate reduction in stomatal density (i.e. <50% reduction in stomatal density on leaves prior to tillering) had yields indistinguishable from controls, coupled with an increase in intrinsic water-use efficiency. Yields of these moderately reduced stomatal density plants were also comparable with those of control plants under conditions of drought and elevated CO2. Our data demonstrate that EPF-mediated control of wheat stomatal development follows that observed in other grasses, and we identify the potential of stomatal density as a tool for breeding wheat plants that are better able to withstand water-restricted environments without yield loss.
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