Flood adaptive traits and processes: an overview

LACJ Voesenek, J Bailey‐Serres - New Phytologist, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Unanticipated flooding challenges plant growth and fitness in natural and agricultural
ecosystems. Here we describe mechanisms of developmental plasticity and metabolic …

Role of basal ABA in plant growth and development

BP Brookbank, J Patel, S Gazzarrini, E Nambara - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Abscisic acid (ABA) regulates various aspects of plant physiology, including promoting seed
dormancy and adaptive responses to abiotic and biotic stresses. In addition, ABA plays an …

Making sense of low oxygen sensing

J Bailey-Serres, T Fukao, DJ Gibbs, MJ Holdsworth… - Trends in plant …, 2012 - cell.com
Plant-specific group VII Ethylene Response Factor (ERF) transcription factors have emerged
as pivotal regulators of flooding and low oxygen responses. In rice (Oryza sativa), these …

Waterproofing crops: effective flooding survival strategies

J Bailey-Serres, SC Lee, E Brinton - Plant physiology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Extremes in water availability (droughts and floods) have increased in frequency and
intensity over the past 50 years in farming regions throughout the world. In the United States …

Shade tolerance: when growing tall is not an option

CMM Gommers, EJW Visser, KR St Onge… - Trends in plant …, 2013 - cell.com
Two different plant strategies exist to deal with shade: shade avoidance and shade
tolerance. All shade-exposed plants optimize photosynthesis to adapt to the decrease in …

The submergence tolerance regulator SUB1A mediates crosstalk between submergence and drought tolerance in rice

T Fukao, E Yeung, J Bailey-Serres - The Plant Cell, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Submergence and drought are major constraints to rice (Oryza sativa) production in rain-fed
farmlands, both of which can occur sequentially during a single crop cycle. SUB1A, an ERF …

Ethylene-mediated acclimations to flooding stress

R Sasidharan, LACJ Voesenek - Plant Physiology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Flooding is detrimental for plants, primarily because of restricted gas exchange underwater,
which leads to an energy and carbohydrate deficit. Impeded gas exchange also causes …

Group VII ethylene response factors coordinate oxygen and nitric oxide signal transduction and stress responses in plants

DJ Gibbs, JV Conde, S Berckhan, G Prasad… - Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The group VII ethylene response factors (ERFVIIs) are plant-specific transcription factors that
have emerged as important regulators of abiotic and biotic stress responses, in particular …

Flooding tolerance: O2 sensing and survival strategies

L Voesenek, J Bailey-Serres - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Highlights•Escape and quiescence are two antithetical strategies to survive
flooding.•Stability of ethylene responsive factor (ERF) transcription factors during anoxia …

The art of being flexible: how to escape from shade, salt, and drought

R Pierik, C Testerink - Plant physiology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Environmental stresses, such as shading of the shoot, drought, and soil salinity, threaten
plant growth, yield, and survival. Plants can alleviate the impact of these stresses through …