Although the abscisic acid (ABA) signaling pathway is known to play a crucial role in drought response, the precise genetic ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The GORK channel in Arabidopsis plays a crucial role in stomatal closure by facilitating potassium efflux, impacting plant water regulation. Structural and ...

More information: Xue Zhang et al, GORK K+ channel structure and gating vital to informing stomatal engineering, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57287-7 Provided by Chinese ...

Plant biologists, including Prof. Jörg Kudla from the WWU Münster have shown: A mechanical injury of plant leaves causes rapid stomatal closure. This closure process is initiated by the plant hormone ...

2023). Another way through which plants respond to heat stress is by adjusting the opening and closing of stomata. Stomatal closure is a protective mechanism to reduce water loss through transpiration ...

CsAGL16, that simultaneously regulates lateral branch development and drought tolerance in cucumbers. This dual-function ...