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Si-Yan Chen1, Zi-Sheng Zhang1, Zheng-Yi Zhang1

  • 1Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Division of Molecular & Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.

Plant, Cell & Environment
|September 9, 2024
PubMed
Summary

Researchers identified a rice gene, OsMATE6, that enhances drought resistance and crop yield. OsMATE6 acts as an abscisic acid transporter, improving plant survival under water-scarce conditions.

Keywords:
ABAMATE transporterOsMATE6drought resistancerice (Oryza sativa L.)stomata

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