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JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 285-295Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-005-0103-1
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long-distance drought signaling; abscisic acid; ethylene; cytokinin; pH; deficit irrigation; water use efficiency (WUE)
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In this article we review evidence for a variety of long-distance signaling pathways involving hormones and nutrient ions moving in the xylem sap. We argue that ABA has a central role to play, at least in root-to-shoot drought stress signaling and the regulation of functioning, growth, and development of plants in drying soil. We also stress the importance of changes in the pH of the leaf cell apoplast as influenced both by edaphic and climatic variation, as a regulator of shoot growth and functioning, and we show how changes in xylem and apoplastic pH can affect the way in which ABA regulates stomatal behavior and growth. The sensitivity to drought of the pH/ABA sensing and signaling mechanism is emphasized. This allows regulation of plant growth, development and functioning, and particularly shoot water status, as distinct from stress lesions in growth and other processes as a reaction to perturbations such as soil drying.
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