Publications by authors named "Alexander Fendel"
Plant Cell Environ
December 2022
Article Synopsis
- Proline accumulation plays a key role in how plants respond to drought, although its exact importance in crop tolerance remains unclear.
- Researchers studied the P5CS1 gene in 49 barley varieties, discovering a previously unknown genetic variation linked to proline production, influenced by different hormonal pathways during drought stress.
- By introducing a high proline-producing allele from a wild barley into a common cultivar, the resulting near-isogenic line showed improved drought resistance, maintaining better photosynthetic health and less yield damage compared to the original cultivar.
