Silvia Calderone, Nuria Mauri, Alba Manga-Robles, Silvia Fornalé, Lluís García-Mir, María-Luz Centeno, Camila Sánchez-Retuerta, Robertas Ursache, José-Luis Acebes, Narciso Campos, Penélope García-Angulo, Antonio Encina, David Caparrós-Ruiz
The plant cell wall is a plastic structure of variable composition that constitutes the first line of defence against environmental challenges. Lodging and drought are two stressful conditions that severely impact maize yield. In a previous work, we characterised the cell walls of two maize inbreds, EA2024 (susceptible) and B73 (resistant) to stalk lodging. Here, we show that drought induces distinct phenotypical, physiological, cell wall, and transcriptional changes in the two inbreds, with B73 exhibiting lower tolerance to this stress than EA2024...
February 5, 2024: Plant, Cell & Environment