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📜 Abscisic acid signaling gates salt-induced responses of plant roots

🧑‍🔬 Jasper Lamers, @christatesterink.bsky.social, et al.

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Abscisic acid signaling gates salt-induced responses of plant roots | PNAS
Soil salinity presents a dual challenge for plants, involving both osmotic and ionic stress. In response, plants deploy distinct yet interconnected...
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February 10, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Sweet memories…

Yee-yung Charng kicks off the PCP-sponsored symposium on ‘Priming and memory of plants in facing environmental changes’

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March 13, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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📜 A single pathogen-secreted protein reprograms plants for drought resilience

🧑‍🔬 Konrad Subieta, @volkerlipka.bsky.social, et al.

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A single pathogen-secreted protein reprograms plants for drought resilience
Climate change-enforced drought stress conditions and diseases caused by pathogens often co-occur and represent one of the greatest challenges in plant science. Wilt pathogens that colonize water-cond...
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January 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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WRKY-ing to avoid stress...

Peng et al. report that OsWRKY18 in #roots, transcriptionally regulates genes involved in #ABA signaling, osmotic adjustment, and ion homeostasis, thereby enhancing salt tolerance in #rice. 🌾🧂

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Image taken from Figure 4 of the paper by Peng et al. 2025 (https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaf063). It shows 16 panels containing cross sections of rice roots, with the cellular localization of OsWRKY18 indicated under different microscopy (confocal/bright field) conditions.
September 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Myosin XI-1: A key molecular target for salt-tolerant crops | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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Myosin XI-1: A key molecular target for salt-tolerant crops
Salt stress is a major factor that impairs plant growth and yield. In a breakthrough, researchers from Waseda University have revealed that Arabidopsis thaliana myosin XI-1—a member of the motor...
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February 18, 2026 at 9:58 AM