SynthesisJournal of experimental botany2020
A balancing act: how plants integrate nitrogen and water signals.
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- Breeding for Resilient Cereals: Integrating Molecular Networks and Trait-Based Selection to Improve Nitrogen and Water Use Efficiencies.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Review
- Genome-wide identification of the SnRK gene family in willow and expression analysis under abiotic stress.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Multi-locus GWAS uncovers favorable alleles and candidate genes underlying water stress response in chrysanthemum.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Antagonistic regulation of nitrogen and drought signaling mediated by NIN-like protein 7 transcription factor inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Nitrogen enhances post-drought recovery in wheat by modulating TaSnRK2.10-mediated regulation of TaNLP7.Nature plants · 2025Article
- The Arabidopsis PIP1;1 Aquaporin Represses Lateral Root Development and Nitrate Uptake Under Low Nitrate Availability.Plant, cell & environment · 2025Article
- Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhiza and exoenzymes to nitrogen acquisition of sorghum under drought.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Genome-wide identification of high-affinity nitrate transporter 2 (NRT2) gene family under phytohormones and abiotic stresses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa).Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Are two stresses better than one? In-depth analysis of 5 Arabidopsis accessions under water and nitrogen stress.The Plant cell · 2024Article
- Natural variation in response to combined water and nitrogen deficiencies in Arabidopsis.The Plant cell · 2024Article
- Nitrogen deficiency tolerance conferred by introgression of a QTL derived from wild emmer into bread wheat.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2024Article
- Nitrogen sensing and regulatory networks: it's about time and space.The Plant cell · 2024Review
- Enhancing sugarcane's drought resilience: the influence of Streptomycetales and Rhizobiales.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Review
- Identification of genes associated with abiotic stress tolerance in sweetpotato using weighted gene co-expression network analysis.Plant direct · 2023Article
- Integrated model simulates bigger, sweeter tomatoes under changing climate under reduced nitrogen and water input.Horticulture research · 2023Article
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- Insights on Phytohormonal Crosstalk in Plant Response to Nitrogen Stress: A Focus on Plant Root Growth and Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Impacts of Deficit Irrigation on Photosynthetic Performance, Productivity and Nutritional Quality of Aeroponically Grown Tuscan Kale (International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Multiple Facets of Nitrogen: From Atmospheric Gas to Indispensable Agricultural Input.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
Nitrogen (N) and water (W) are crucial inputs for plant survival as well as costly resources for agriculture. Given their importance, the molecular mechanisms that plants rely on to signal changes in either N or W status have been under intense scrutiny. However, how plants sense and respond to the combination of N and W signals at the molecular level has received scant attention. The purpose of this review is to shed light on what is currently known about how plant responses to N are impacted by W status. We review classic studies which detail how N and W combinations have both synergistic and antagonistic effects on key plant traits, such as root architecture and stomatal aperture. Recent molecular studies of N and W interactions show that mutations in genes involved in N metabolism affect drought responses, and vice versa. Specifically, perturbing key N signaling genes may lead to changes in drought-responsive gene expression programs, which is supported by a meta-analysis we conduct on available transcriptomic data. Additionally, we cite studies that show how combinatorial transcriptional responses to N and W status might drive crop phenotypes. Through these insights, we suggest research strategies that could help to develop crops adapted to marginal soils depleted in both N and W, an important task in the face of climate change.
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