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TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 124-139Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.09.005
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- Australian Research Council (ARC)
- UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
- Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
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Grasses began to diversify in the late Cretaceous Period and now dominate more than one third of global land area, including three-quarters of agricultural land. We hypothesize that their success is likely attributed to the evolution of highly responsive stomata capable of maximizing productivity in rapidly changing environments. Grass stomata harness the active turgor control mechanisms present in stomata of more ancient plant lineages, maximizing several morphological and developmental features to ensure rapid responses to environmental inputs. The evolutionary development of grass stomata appears to have been a gradual progression. Therefore, understanding the complex structures, developmental events, regulatory networks, and combinations of ion transporters necessary to drive rapid stomata! movement may inform future efforts towards breeding new crop varieties.
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