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  • Agricultural Science
  • Plant Physiology
  • Biochemistry

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  • Climate change and groundwater overexploitation threaten agricultural productivity and food security.
  • High water productivity (biomass accumulation per water transpired) is crucial for sustainable agriculture.
  • The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) regulates plant water use, making ABA agonists potential tools for enhancing water productivity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To screen and identify novel ABA agonists with potential to improve crop water productivity.
  • To evaluate the efficacy of cyano cyclopropyl compounds (CCPs) as ABA mimics.
  • To assess the impact of CCPs on plant transpiration and biomass accumulation under drought stress.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a yeast-based assay expressing the plant ABA signaling pathway for prescreening CCPs.
  • Performed in vitro analyses of ligand-receptor interactions for promising CCPs.
  • Conducted physiological analyses, including transpiration measurements and drought experiments on Arabidopsis plants.

Main Results:

  • Several CCPs activated ABA signaling in both yeast and plant cells.
  • CCPs 1, 2, and 5 were significantly more effective than ABA at reducing transpiration in Arabidopsis.
  • CCP2 demonstrated superior water use efficiency compared to ABA in drought conditions, with no negative effect on biomass.

Conclusions:

  • Chemically stable ABA agonists, specifically CCPs, show great potential for enhancing crop water productivity.
  • These findings offer a promising avenue for developing strategies to improve agricultural resilience in water-limited environments.
  • Further research into CCPs could lead to novel solutions for global food security challenges.