Chien Van Ha

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that genetic modulation of SL content/response could provide a new approach for development of crops with improved stress tolerance and cross-talk between SL and ABA plays an important role in integrating stress signals to regulate stomatal development and function.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that repression of CK response, and thus CK signaling, is one of the strategies plants use to cope with water deficit, providing novel insight for the design of drought-tolerant plants by genetic engineering.

TL;DR: It is reported that three Arabidopsis AHPs, namely AHP2, AHP3, and AHP5, control responses to drought stress in negative and redundant manner, and down-regulation of many well-known stress- and/or ABA-responsive genes is revealed, suggesting that these three AHPs may control drought response in both aBA-dependent and Aba-independent manners.

TL;DR: The highly ranked reference genes identified from this study were proved to be capable of detecting subtle differences in expression rates that otherwise would be missed if a less stable reference gene was used.

TL;DR: It is discovered that mutations in KARRIKIN INSENSITIVE2 (KAI2), encoding the proposed karrikin receptor, result in hypersensitivity to water deprivation, and suggest that chemical or genetic manipulation of KAI2 and D14 signaling may provide novel ways to improve drought resistance.