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Sasan Aliniaeifard1, Uulke van Meeteren
1Horticultural Production Chains, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 630, 6700 AP Wageningen, The Netherlands. Sasan.Aliniaeifard@wur.nl
Abstract:
The response of stomata to many environmental factors is well documented. Multiple signalling pathways for abscisic acid (ABA)-induced stomatal closure have been proposed over the last decades. However, it seems that exposure of a leaf for a long time (several days) to some environmental conditions generates a sort of memory in the guard cells that results in the loss of suitable responses of the stomata to closing stimuli, such as desiccation and ABA. In this review paper we discuss changes in the normal pattern of signal transduction that could account for disruption of guard cell signalling after long-term exposure to some environmental conditions, with special emphasis on long-term low vapour pressure deficit (VPD).
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