The Maize ABA Receptors ZmPYL8, 9, and 12 Facilitate Plant Drought Resistance

Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses affecting world agriculture. Breeding drought-resistant crops is one of the most important challenges for plant biologists. PYR1/PYL/RCARs, which encode the abscisic acid (ABA) receptors, play pivotal roles in ABA signaling, but how these genes function i...

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Main Authors: Zhenghua He, Junwei Zhong, Xiaopeng Sun, Bingcai Wang, William Terzaghi, Mingqiu Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.00422/full